Management Tools for the Improvement of Reproduction in Rhinoceroses at Berlin Zoo
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This paper gives a general view of examinations and measures taken at Berlin Zoo to enhance natural and artificial breeding efforts in different rhino species. Altogether 8 anaesthesias are described which were executed in a White-, an Indian, and 3 Black rhinoceroses. Semen was collected by means of electroejaculation from an aged Black and White rhinoceros. One female Black rhino was artificially inseminated. In a female Indian and Black rhinoceros pathological changes in the genital tract were observed by means of ultrasonographic examination and therapeutic measures taken.
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