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Ampika Thongphakdee (DVM, PhD)
Wildlife Reproductive Innovation Center, Research Department Bureau of Conservation & Research, Zoological Park Organization, THAILAND
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Crisis of wildlife loss
Causes of this extinction crisis
- loss & degradation of natural habitats
- climate change
- invasive species
- pollution
- unsustainable exploitation
- illegal wildlife trade
(IUCN Red List of Threatened Species)
Extinction rates 100 to 1,000 times
above their natural level!!
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Maintaining genetic diversity of captive wildlife population of global importance
Strengthen research programs on reproductive science and establish genome resource bank
Conducting reintroduction programs for the ‘extinct-in-the-wild’ species
Fighting Extinction!
Eld’s deer Malayan tapirGoralEastern Sarus crane
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Suitable Captive Management Facilitates Natural Breeding.
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Understanding of Basic Reproductive Science is a Key!!
Sperm morphology and semen collection by electroejaculation in white rhinocerous
Reproductive hormone estimation by noninvasive technique from fecal and urine samples
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CU-ZPO MOU since 2007
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Fishing cat Asian golden cat Clouded leopard
Leopard cat Flat-headed cat Jungle cat
Investigation of Semen Characteristic in Asian Wild Felids
Credit picture # Nattachai Choipeng, Arnuparp Yhamdee, Piyapong Chinnadate
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1) macrocephalic sperm, leopard cat
2) bent and coil tails, fishing cat
3) double head sperm, flat headed cat
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Head
Tail
Percentage of abnormal sperm morphology (teratospermia)
1 2 3
Electroejaculation in clouded leopard
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Sperm cryopreservation and in vitro fertilization
Sperm binding
Embryo development
Frozen sperm
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Populationsurvey
Habitat, ecology
Health surveillance
Genetic preservation
Captive breeding
Fishing cat research project: Intensively managed population (IMP) model
Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverinus)
• Medium sized wild cat
• Wetland habitats
• Endangered
- wetland destruction and degradation
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Camera trap and carnivore case trap
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Population survey
• about 28 fishing cats in 30 Km2 of investigated area
• Male: 10-13 Kg., 7-10 Km2 of habitat size
• Female: 7-9.5 Kg., 4-7 Km2 of habitat size, 2-3 cubs per litter
• Main feed from 119 feces samples
**Some of fishing cats were killed by local people because fishing cats hunt chickens and ducks in the community.
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Health surveillance and hematological value of fishing cats
White blood cell (WBC) 14587.5 ± 5829.3 x 109/L
Red blood cell (RBC) 6.7 ± 1.0 x 106/µL
Hematocrit (Hct) 14.1 ± 2.8 g/dL
Platelet 162.0 ± 66.5 x103/µL
Albumin (Alb) 12.7 ± 28.2 mg%
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) 26 ± 23.2 IU/L
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 96.2 ± 62 IU/L
Aspartate aminotranferase (AST) 87.1 ± 17.8 IU/L
Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) 33.1 ±12.7 mg%
Cholesterol 126.8 ± 49.2 mg%
Creatinine 14.5 ± 40.9 mg%
Creatinine kinase 311.4 ± 203.3 IU/L
Total billirubin 1.45 ± 0.9 mg%
Total protein 8.35 ±1.5 mg%
Disease detection!!
%Toxoplasmosis
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Semen characteristic of fishing cat
parameters value
semen volume 209± 138.6 µL
pH 8.2± 0.6
motility 76.7± 17.6 %
sperm concentration 128.4 ± 182.8 x 106
spermatozoa/mL
normal sperm head 89.5± 5.0%
normal sperm tail 51.8± 19.8 %
• 2/5 males had good semen quality and the samples was cryopreserved.
• AI captive females with wild males has been conducting.
• Banked semen and ART can play important roles on genetic exchange.
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Monitoring radio signal from fishing cat
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Genome Resource Bank
Oocyte (egg)
cell
sperm
embryo
Insurance against losses of genetic diversity or entire species
- disaster; tsunami, flooding, earthquake
- infectious disease outbreaks
Reduce risk from transportation
(Howard and Wildt, 2009)
Biological material could be recovered from free-living animals, stored & used without removing more individuals from native habitats.
Cryopreservation= important tool for establishment of GRB, as it maintains
the genetic material viability for an indefinite time.
Liquid nitrogen -196ᵒ C
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ZPO Genome Resource Bank
32 wildlife species
- Asian elephant- Malayan tapir- guar, serow, goral - deer & wild cat sp.
5,810 samples- sperm: 5,113 straws- somatic cells: 668 tubes- embryos: 29 straws- ovarian tissues
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Semen characteristics of Eastern sarus crane is influenced by seasonality.Cold storage of Eastern sarus crane semen & the routine production of chicks at Nakhonratchasima Zoo by AI.
Eastern sarus crane (Grus antigone sharpii)
• Extinct-in-the-wild species.
• 8-year reintroduction program (2008-2016)
Tharasanit et al., Reprod Domest Anim (ICAR, 2012)
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• Artificial insemination (AI)
• In vitro fertilization (IVF)
• Nuclear transfer (NT/cloning)
• Embryo transfer (ET)
ARTs: methods used to achieve pregnancy by artificial or partially artificial means
ARTs help to achieve…
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74% of adult male panda fail to mate naturally!! (poor mating interest)
What would we do if natural mating failed repeatedly?
Concentration of urine estrogen and progesterone excretion in female panda evaluated by competitive enzyme linked immuno sorbent assay (ELISA).
Milky ejaculated semen in a warm water-jacketed glass cup (A), and sperm morphology ofpanda (B) William’s staining, x 1000
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Transcervical Artificial Insemination
6 days old
Lin Bing was born on 27th May 2009
Siriaroonrat et al., 2009. Thai J Vet Med 39: 199-204.
Lin Bing gave birth on 27th July 2015
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AI cubs born on 10 June 2015
Challenges in clouded leopard breeding
• most difficult felid to breed• largest canines for size• size difference male to female• severe male aggression• fatal attacks• high cub mortality
AI cubs, 2015
(Tipkantha et al., 2015)
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LH 1
LH 2
8-11 weeks
6 weeks
18-20 days
Time to AI
Ovulation detection and semen collection for AI in Asian elephants
Morphology of normal sperm, Diff-Quik®stainingSemen collection
AI using endoscopy
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Endangered Eld’s deer (Brow-antlered deer; Rucervus eldii)
Subspecies Wild Captive
A) Sangai <200 200
B) Thamin 2,500 2,000
C) Siamensis <200 <100
Thailand: Extinct in the wildCaptivity: Thamin 1,000/ Siamensis 80
Due to fragmented distribution and small population, the specie are therefore at risk from inbreeding and loss of genetic variation.
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Thongtip et al., 2010
AI Eld’s deer reintroduction at Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary 2012
frozen straws to the forest…
Thailand: Extinct in the wild
Frozen semen
Intrauterine AI in Thamin Eld’s Deer
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In vitro fertilization (IVF)
Benefits:• multiple embryos and offspring
(if natural breeding, only 1 fawn/dam/year)
• selected genetic representation
= fertilization of sperm and egg occur outside female body
follicles
Ovarian response after hormonal stimulation
Embryos were produced in VitroSafe system.
Laparoscopic oocyte aspiration
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Eld’s deer oocytes (n=81) develop to 2-cell (A), stained embryos at 2-cell (B), 4-cell (C) 16-cell (D) morula (E) blastocyst stages (E) and stained blastocyst (F). Blastocyst cell number 86.5 ± 28.2 (n=4)
D E F
A B C
Thongphakdee et al., manuscript in preparation
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Test-tubed fawn born on 17th October 2011
IVF Eld’s deer gave birth 22nd October 2014
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Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (Cloning)
Marbled cat and flat-headed cat cloned embryos
(Thongphakdee et al., 2006, 2009, 2010)
Donor cells= technique in which the nucleus of a somatic cell(donor cell) is transferred to the cytoplasm ofanenucleated oocyte ( nucleus removed).
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• Medical therapies for degenerativediseases i.e. diabetes
• Produce eggs & sperm which couldbe used in captive breeding program
Drill primate (San Diego Zoo)
The rhino stem cells were shown to be capable of forming neurons (red) Snow leopard
(Verma et al., 2014)
Could it save endangered species?
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells; iPS
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Future challenge….
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The quality of fresh and chilled ejaculates diluted in three extenders in wild boars (Sus scrofa)
Kakanang Buranaamnuay, Supaluk Kaitsomboon, Saifon Yaphila, Nudthakamol Kajornklin and Ampika Thongphakdee
Objective: To examine the quality of fresh and chilled
ejaculates diluted in three commercial extenders
D0
D1 D2 D3 D4 D5
I) Beltsville
Thawing Solution (BTS)
II) Androstar® Plus (Andro)
III) ModenaTM
(Modena)
15°C
Parameter Mean SD
Motility (%)
• Total 89.7 8.7
• Progressive 43.3 12.1
Viability (%) 85.7 9.3
Normal
morphology (%)
• Acrosome 88.7 3.2
• Head 91.3 2.5
• Tail 37.7 27.3
Table 1 Characteristics of fresh spermatozoa obtained from 3 wild boars
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Superovulatory response of ovarian follicles using a split-single intramuscularly of
follicle-stimulating hormone in rusa deer
Vibuntita Chankitisakul, Ampika Thongphakdee, Chavin Chaisongkram, Kanda Ponsrila, Anuchisa Phojun, Nudthakamol Kajornklin,
Yosvaris Semaming, Wuttigrai Boonkum, and Mongkol Techakumphu
• Objective: To evaluate the follicular stimulation after treatment by the novel
program includes Presynch-Ovsynch and split-single doses of FSH injection protocols
that allowed for estrus synchronization and superstimulation.
TreatmentsOvulation
(No. of CLs)
Unruptured
follicle
Total
follicular
stimulation
Group 1 4.3 4.0 8.3
Group 2 3.0 4.3 7.3
Table 1 The ovarian follicular response of rusa deer
Presynch-Ovsynch and split-single doses of FSH injection protocols
could be used effectively for superovulation in rusa deer.
Presynch-Ovsynch with slow released FSH stimulation would be
more beneficial in terms of reduce animal stress and human
handling, which is feasible to be applied in other endangered
Cervidae.
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Integration-free derivation of induced pluripotent stem cells from
endangered wild animals
Woranop Sukparangsi, Santhita Karoon, Ruttachuk Rungsiwiwut, Ampika Thongphakdee
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• Recent reproductive science and progress of ARTs show possible promisingapplication in wildlife conservation.
Conclusion
• Harmonization of novel science and technologies combined with intensivepopulation management would bring “hope” for protecting threatened species.
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Research collaboration and fundingKey of the success….
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