| semen analysis and successful artificial insemination in the st. vincent amazon (amazona guildingii). | the st. vincent amazon (amazona guildingii) is an endemic parrot on the carribean island st vincent. due to poaching, trade, natural events such as hurricanes and habitat loss the species declined severely throughout the 20th century to a total number of 487 adult individuals and is currently regarded as vulnerable by iucn. captive breeding is attempted in terms of species conservation, but reproduction rates have been low due to reproductive problems such as mate aggression, asynchronous reprod ... | 2020 | 32171972 |
| application of a noninvasive, pcr-based test for sex identification in an endangered parrot, amazona guildingii. | the st. vincent amazon parrot consortium was established during the 1980s in an effort to cooperatively manage the captive population of the st. vincent parrot (amazona guildingii) and support conservation of the wild population. ex situ management of a. guildingii has been hindered by the sexual monomorphism of the group, mediated in the past through the use of time-consuming, expert-driven, and sometimes hazardous sexing procedures. in this article, we apply a noninvasive, molecular sexing tec ... | 2001 | 11319779 |
| ex situ population management in the absence of pedigree information. | for captive breeding to play a significant role in conservation, ex situ populations must be scientifically managed to meet objective goals for retaining representative genetic variation. imperfect genealogical information requires fundamental assumptions to be made that may bias downstream measures of genetic importance, upon which management decisions are based. the impacts of such assumptions are most pronounced within breeding programmes characterized by a high proportion of individuals of u ... | 2004 | 15315693 |
| health assessment of the ex situ population of st vincent parrots (amazona guildingii) in st vincent and the grenadines. | the st vincent amazon parrot (amazona guildingii), listed as a cites appendix i animal, is endemic only to the mainland of st vincent and the grenadines (svg), lesser antilles. a health assessment that included physical examination, hematology, blood parasite evaluation, plasma biochemical analysis, plasma protein electrophoresis, level of exposure to selected infectious agents, and fecal parasites was performed in july 2002 on 37 (51%) of the parrots in the captive population in svg. clinical a ... | 2008 | 18689072 |