hese challenges have led researchers to use artificial insemination, when doing the deed doesnt prove to be enough. Earlier this year, the Smithsonian National Zoos Mei Xiang was artificially inseminated with sperm from the zoos male, Tian Tian, and another male, Hui Hui, who lives in China. Sperm
Date: Sep 30, 2016
Category: Business
Source: Google
DC finally gets that long-awaited shipment of frozen panda semen from China
This is the first time frozen panda semen has made such a trek for breeding, according to the National Zoo. The semen sample belongs to Hui Hui a 9-year-old panda who lives at the China Research and Conversation Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province.Officials say a cub from Hui Hui would be more genetically viable than one sired by the National Zoos own Tian Tian. (Tian Tian and Mei Xiang have two cubs together, including Bao Bao, who was also the result of artificial insemination. Their first cub, Tai Shan, who was born in 2005, lives in Chin
Date: Apr 21, 2015
Category: Sci/Tech
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National Zoo preps for giant panda breeding season
The semen sample was taken from a nine-year-old panda by the name of Hui Hui. The panda lives at the China Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province. The semen was flown and kept at a temperature of minus 196 degrees Celsius and in liquid nitrogen for the 7,00