First Eld’s Deer Born from IVF (Eld's Deer is extinct in the wild and only 38 in captivity) w/pics

[Kadie]

A newborn, endangered Eld's deer fawn stands with its surrogate mother at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, east of Bangkok November 28, 2011. A group of Thai veterinarians from the Zoological Park Organization announced the success of the world's first test tube Eld's deer, which are extinct in the wild and only 38 are currently existing in captivity around the world. The fawn was born on October 17.





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First Eld’s Deer Born from In Vitro Fertilization with Help of Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Scientists

November 28, 2011

Nearly 20 years after the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute became the first to produce an Eld’s deer fawn through artificial insemination, SCBI scientists have now contributed to the birth of the first Eld’s deer via in vitro fertilization. The researchers collected eggs, inseminated them in vitro with thawed semen to produce embryos and transferred the embryos to a surrogate mother. A resulting fawn was born Oct. 17 at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand.

more...
http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/first-eld-s-deer-born-vitro-fertilization-help-smithsonian-conservation-biology-institute-s

[FirstLight]

1. awwww!

thanks for some 'good' news today :)


after reading the article, wondered why they were 'extinct'...seems deforestation,and hunting are the main culprits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eld%27s_Deer

[xchrom]

2. So beautiful. Nt

[OnyxCollie]

3. Beautiful baby. nt

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

4. Man, I hate what's happening to wildlife around the world

One problem with growing old is that you get to have noticed too many changes for the worse.