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AI @ Toronto Zoo
Posted by Jeroen Jacobs | Date: 2014 04 30 | In:
Toronto Zoo
After careful monitoring by Toronto Zoo staff, Er Shun showed signs of being in heat this past weekend, which only happens once a year for giant pandas. In preparation of Da Mao not being mature enough to become a father just yet, giant panda semen was airlifted directly from China for the possibility of artificial insemination. Late Sunday night, a Toronto Zoo team, alongside Mr. Liu Yu Yang, a seasoned Chinese reproductive biologist, performed the first giant panda artificial insemination in Canada.
Click here to read more: http://www.thestar.com/life/2014/04/30/toronto_zoo_keeps_its_fingers_crossed_for_a_baby_panda_soon.html
Source: Toronto Zoo
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