Breeding of the White-naped Crane Grus vipio by Artificial Insemination

Cranes of the World: White-naped Crane (Grus vipio)

Disseminated visceral coccidiosis in a wild white-naped crane (Grus vipio).

Disseminated visceral coccidiosis (DVC) was unexpectedly recognized in a wild white-naped crane (Grus vipio) killed by phosphamidon insecticide. On gross pathologic examination, widely disseminated white nodules were found on the serosa of the pro-ventriculus, gizzard, and intestine, as well as on the surface and in the parenchyma of liver, spleen, and cardiac muscle. Microscopically, asexual s...

Breeding the Problem Mare by Artificial Insemination

Horse breeding is the procedure by which an adequate number of sperm are deposited into the uterus of a “healthy” mare at the right time. Although semen deposition is performed in all breeds by natural cover (NC), it is often, and with increasing frequency, done artificially. Although the main difference between natural breeding and artificial insemination (AI) is the delivery method of semen i...

Disseminated Visceral Coccidiosis in a White-naped Crane

This presentation reports of a case of disseminated visceral coccidiosis (DVC) in a 4-month old captive white-naped crane (Grus vipio) in The Netherlands. Based on this case a review is presented describing macroscopic and histopathologic changes, therapeutic possibilities It also presents experimental derived information about the cycle of Eimeria gruis and E. reichenowi, as well as molecular ...

Cranes of the World: Eurasian Crane (Grus grus)