Captive Breeding
Captive Breeding >Beijing Zoo, China
Using the formula of frozen diluents developed by ICF, Beijing Zoo preserved the semen of Siberian Cranes for 3 days, after which a female crane was artificially inseminated by the thawed frozen semen before ovulation (?). Two tests were conducted; one egg laid on 25 April was fertile and a chick numbered 2004 – 501 hatched on 25 May; it is growing well.
Zhang Jing, Beijing Zoo
(Adopted from China Crane News Dec.2004, vol. 8 (2)
Natural mating and artificial insemination techniques have been used at Beijing Zoo since 1964. Nine crane species including Siberian Crane have been bred successfully.
There are 12 crane species in Beijing Zoo, the most species of cranes in a single zoo in China. It offers a fine basis for the study on crane breeding. Therefore Beijing Zoo conducted the research “Study on the protection and breeding of Siberian Crane”.
Liu Bing and Zhang Jin-Guo, Beijing Zoo
(Adopted from China Crane News, December 2003, vol. 7, No.2)
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