SUCCESSFUL CONTRACEPTION IN A HERD OF CHINESE GORAL (NEMORHAEDUS GORAL ARNOUXIANUS) WITH MELENGESTROL ACETATE

SUCCESSFUL CONTRACEPTION IN A HERD OF CHINESE GORAL (NEMORHAEDUS GORAL ARNOUXIANUS) WITH MELENGESTROL ACETATE

Thirteen Chinese goral (Nemorhaedus goral arnouxianus) (five males and eight females) were each given 0.8 mg of melengestrol acetate orally in pelleted food for 224 days. The previous breeding season, six of the eight females calved (two were immature). No calf was born during the treatment season....

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Published in:Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 228 - 230
Main Authors: Patton, Marilyn L, Aubrey, Lance, Edwards, Mark, Rieches, Randy, Zuba, Jeff, Lance, Valentine A
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States American Association of Zoo Veterinarians 01-06-2000
Subjects:
Acetates
Administration, Oral
Animals
Animals, Zoo - physiology
Birth control
Breeding seasons
CASE REPORTS
Contraception
Contraception - methods
Contraception - veterinary
Dosage
Female
Female animals
Goats - physiology
goral
Male
Male animals
melengestrol acetate
Melengestrol Acetate - administration & dosage
Nemorhaedus goral arnouxianus
Progesterone Congeners - administration & dosage
Wild animals
Zoos
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Summary:Thirteen Chinese goral (Nemorhaedus goral arnouxianus) (five males and eight females) were each given 0.8 mg of melengestrol acetate orally in pelleted food for 224 days. The previous breeding season, six of the eight females calved (two were immature). No calf was born during the treatment season. The season after treatment, six females calved (one was immature prior to treatment). Two females were moved to other institutions, and the status of these is unknown. On the basis of this information, melengestrol acetate in feed was successful in preventing conception and was reversible. This treatment did not prevent the siring of offspring the following year and did not prevent a female that was subadult prior to the treatment from calving.
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ISSN:1042-7260
1937-2825
DOI:10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0228:SCIAHO]2.0.CO;2