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Scientist at work: Endangered ocelots and their genetic diversity may benefit from artificial insemination

  • Written by Ashley Reeves, DVM, PhD Candidate in Comparative and Experimental Medicine, University of Tennessee
imageWild ocelots hunt alone at night.Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

The female ocelot lay anesthetized on the exam table, behind the scenes at the Albuquerque Biopark Zoo. As a veterinarian on the team preparing to artificially inseminate this animal, my palms were sweating at the thought of missing a step, dropping the sperm sample, or...

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