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  • From: josh.greenman AT gmail.com
  • To: "monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org" <monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [monkeywire] Artificial insemination could help Chinese chimp who never monkeyed around
  • Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:44:13 +0000

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/16/content_11195767.htm

Artificial insemination could help Chinese chimp who never monkeyed around

    NANCHANG, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Zoologists in eastern China have their
fingers crossed that artificial insemination will help a 30-year-old
chimpanzee become pregnant.

    The animal, Zhuangzhuang ("strong") underwent fertilization procedures at
Nanchang Zoo in Jiangxi Province Wednesday night, said Liu Daoqiang, a zoo
official.

    The chimp is at least 30, but having lived at the zoo for 22 years, she
never mated. Chimps are classified as an endangered species in China.

    The procedure was performed by doctors from the No. 1 Hospital affiliated
to Nanchang University. "We observed that she was ovulating," said Wang
Gongxian, vice president of the hospital.

    The operation lasted 30 minutes. Doctors won't know for 20 days whether
it was effective. "If she becomes pregnant, she will be a mother before the
end of this year," said Wang.

    The sperm was collected from a 9-year-old chimpanzee at Changchun Zoo in
northeastern Jilin Province in mid-March and kept in a nitrogen tank at minus
196 degrees Celsius, zoo workers said.

    "The operation was quite successful, but given Zhuangzhuang's advanced
age, she might not get pregnant," said Huang Xiaojin, head of the hospital's
reproduction department. "If this attempt fails, we might try again shortly."

    In January, a female chimp at Changchun Zoo underwent three artificial
inseminations in January, but all failed, Huang said.



  • [monkeywire] Artificial insemination could help Chinese chimp who never monkeyed around, josh . greenman, 04/16/2009

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