Semen collection, semen analysis and artificial insemination in the kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) to support its conservation

• Dominik Fischer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Address: Zoo Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

  Affiliation Clinic for Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7334-6705

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• Helena Schneider,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Clinic for Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

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• Daryl Eason,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Conservation, Kākāpō Recovery, Invercargill, New Zealand

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• Andreas Bublat,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

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• Deidre Vercoe,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Conservation, Kākāpō Recovery, Invercargill, New Zealand

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• Fiona Robertson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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• Kākāpō Recovery Team ,

  ¶The complete membership of the author group can be found in the Acknowledgments

  Affiliation Department of Conservation, Kākāpō Recovery, Invercargill, New Zealand

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• Bruce C. Robertson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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• Andrew Digby,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Conservation, Kākāpō Recovery, Invercargill, New Zealand

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• Michael Lierz

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: michael.lierz@vetmed.uni-giessen.de

  Affiliation Clinic for Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3710-1596

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