Successful artificial insemination for indoor breeding in the Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata) and the cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) |
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Authors: | Ryuzo Torii Hideo Nigi |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute for Experimental Animals, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tsukinowa-cho, Seta, Ohtsu, 520-2192 Shiga, Japan;(2) Faculty of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, 565-0871 Suita, Osaka, Japan |
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Abstract: | Methods of artificial insemination (AI) for indoor breeding in the Japanese monkey and the Cynomolgus monkey were investigated. For the Japanese monkey AI was carried out in six females during the winter mating season and in six females during the summer non-mating season. During the mating season, semen was inseminated near ovulation time in natural menstrual cycles. In the mating season study, three females inseminated at the uterine cavity became pregnant. Three inseminated at the cervical canal failed to become pregnant. For the non-mating season study, ovulation was induced artificially by PMSG and hCG and AI was carried out near the induced ovulation time. In the non-mating season, no animals became pregnant. Of four Cynomolgus monkeys used, pregnancy occurred in two animals inseminated near ovulation time in natural menstrual cycles. AI occurred at the uterine cavity in one and cervical canal in the other. In both species ovulation was verified by laparoscopy. Semen was collected by penile electro-stimulation then diluted to 2.5 to 5.0×107/ml with Whitten's medium. Diluted semen of 0.2l was inseminated at the uterine cavity or cervical canal. Our results indicate the usefulness of vaginal AI as a method of artificial indoor breeding. |
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Keywords: | Artificial insemination Pregnancy Progesterone Estradiol-17β Japanese monkey Cynomolgus monkey |
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