The ethical assessment of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) in wildlife conservation

Authors: Barbara de Mori, Elena Mercugliano, Pierfrancesco Biasetti, Ilaria Pollastri, Maria Michela Spiriti, Daniela Florio, Francesco Andreucci, Frank Göritz, Susanne Holtze, Cesare Galli, Jan Stejskal, Silvia Colleoni, Giovanna Lazzari, Steven Seet, Jan Zwilling, David Ndeereh, Isaac Lekolool, Stephen Ngulu, Dominic Mijele, Daniel Čižmár, Raffaella Simone, Lisa Schrade, Simone Basile, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies (art), biodiversity conservation, conservation ethics, Ethical assessment, research ethics

2024

An Ethical Assessment Tool (ETHAS) to Evaluate the Application of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Mammals’ Conservation: The Case of the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)

Authors: Barbara de Mori, Maria Michela Spiriti, Ilaria Pollastri, Simona Normando, Pierfrancesco Biasetti, Daniela Florio, Francesco Andreucci, Silvia Colleoni, Cesare Galli, Frank Göritz, Robert Hermes, Susanne Holtze, Giovanna Lazzari, Steven Seet, Jan Zwilling, Jan Stejskal, Samuel Mutisya, David Ndeereh, Stephen Ngulu, Richard Vigne, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies, conservation ethics, ethical review process, ethical risk assessment, ethical self-assessment, northern white rhinoceros

2021

Rewinding the process of mammalian extinction

Authors: Joseph Saragusty, Sebastian Diecke, Micha Drukker, Barbara Durrant, Inbar Friedrich Ben-Nun, Cesare Galli, Frank Göritz, Katsuhiko Hayashi, Robert Hermes, Susanne Holtze, Stacey Johnson, Giovanna Lazzari, Pasqualino Loi, Jeanne F. Loring, Keisuke Okita, Marilyn B. Renfree, Steven Seet, Thomas Voracek, Jan Stejskal, Oliver A. Ryder, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: assisted reproductive technologies (art), biodiversity, conservation, endangered species, gametes, induced pluripotent stem cells (ipscs), public awareness, rhinoceros

2016

Hormonal stress response of laboratory mice to conventional and minimally invasive bleeding techniques

Authors: C. C. Voigt, P. Klöckner, C. Touma, C. Neuschl, G. Brockmann, F. Göritz, R. Palme, R. Thomsen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, blood samples, corticosterone, dipetalogaster maximus, faecal samples, mus musculus

2013

Skewed birth sex ratio and premature mortality in elephants

Authors: Joseph Saragusty, Robert Hermes, Frank Göritz, Dennis L. Schmitt, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Animal Reproduction Science

Keywords: conservation, elephas maximus, endangered species, loxodonta africana, reproduction

2009

Successful artificial insemination of an Asian elephant at the National Zoological Park

Authors: Janine L. Brown, Frank Göritz, Nancy Pratt-Hawkes, Robert Hermes, Marie Galloway, Laura H. Graham, Charlie Gray, Susan L. Walker, Andres Gomez, Rachel Moreland, Suzan Murray, Dennis L. Schmitt, JoGayle Howard, John Lehnhardt, Benjamin Beck, Astrid Bellem, Richard Montali, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: assisted reproduction, hormones, lh, pregnancy, ultrasound

2004

Ultrasonography of the estrous cycle in female African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: Robert Hermes, Deborah Olson, Frank Göritz, Janine L. Brown, Dennis L. Schmitt, David Hagan, Jeffrey S. Peterson, Guido Fritsch, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: follicular waves, ovarian dynamic, ovulation, ultrasound

2000

Ultrasonography of the urogenital tract in elephants (Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus): An important tool for assessing female reproductive function

Authors: Thomas B. Hildebrandt, Frank Göritz, Nancy C. Pratt, Janine L. Brown, Richard J. Montali, Dennis L. Schmitt, Guido Fritsch, Robert Hermes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: breeding evaluation, elephant, ovary, reproductive anatomy, ultrasonography, uterus

2000