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2024 REPORT
AIMS OF THE PROGRAMME:
TO DEVELOP “PREGNANCY TESTS” TO DETECT PREGNANCY.
TO IDENTIFY THE SIGNALS THAT REGULATE EMBRYONIC DIAPAUSE.
TO ACCURATELY PREDICT THE FERTILITY PERIOD AND PARTURITION.
RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PROJECT:
FROM 2018 TO 2021, MORE THAN 20 REPRODUCTIVE CYCLES OF 7 FEMALE GIANT PANDAS
WERE STUDIED AT 7 EUROPEAN WILDLIFE PARKS. THIS INVOLVED ANALYSING MORE THAN
3,000 URINE AND FAECAL SAMPLES! DURING THIS PERIOD, 7 CUBS WERE BORN, INCLUDING
TWINS BAO DI AND BAO MEI AT PAIRI DAIZA IN 2019.
IN LATE 2024, THE FIRST 3 GIANT PANDAS BORN AT PAIRI DAIZA ARRIVED IN CHINA AS PART OF
THE INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION PROGRAMME FOR THE SPECIES.
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