Superovulation, in vivo Embryo Recovery and Cryopreservation for Aoudad (Ammotragus Lervia) Females Using Osmotic Pumps and Vitrification : A Preliminary Experience and its Implications for Conservation

We thank all of the administrative, veterinary and animal keeper staff of the Leon Zoological Park and the embryologists (especially to Claudia Gonzalez) of the Instituto de Ciencias en Reproduccion Humana, also to J.I Castillo-Quan for critical reading of the manuscript. This work was partially supported by grants 0105961/10110/194/09 to RF, 59716 to JPRU from CONACYT and grant 107996 to JPRU from FOMIXYucatan 2008. JLS was supported by a doctoral scholarship from CONACYT (240847).