Abstract With the exception of the domestic cat, all felid species (Felidae) are currently threatened with extinction in their natural habitat. To develop effective and optimal wild cat conservation programmes with assisted reproductive technology (ART) it is necessary to combine advances from different disciplines of science, starting from the biology of the species, through research into the population and habitat, assisted reproductive technologies, establishment of gene banks, developing bioinformatic systems, and ending with biodiversity and endangered species management. In the last few years knowledge of felid reproduction has expanded considerably thanks to comparative studies utilising the domestic cat as a research model for endangered wild cats. Basic reproductive techniques utilised in both domestic cat breeding and rescuing wild felid populations that are threatened with extinction include semen collection and cryopreservation, artificial insemination, oocyte collection, in vitro maturation, in vitro fertilisation, somatic cloning, and embryo transfer. The main directions in which assisted reproductive technologies are being developed in wild cat conservation implementations and the contribution of Polish research centres in advancing these methods are presented.

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波兰和世界野生猫科动物保护计划中的 ART

摘要 目前，除家猫外，所有猫科动物 (Felidae) 在其自然栖息地都面临灭绝的威胁。为了利用辅助生殖技术 (ART) 制定有效和最佳的野猫保护计划，有必要结合不同科学学科的进步，从物种生物学开始，通过对种群和栖息地的研究，辅助生殖技术，建立基因库，开发生物信息系统，并以生物多样性和濒危物种管理结束。在过去几年中，由于利用家猫作为濒危野生猫科动物的研究模型的比较研究，猫科动物繁殖的知识大大扩展。用于家猫繁殖和拯救濒临灭绝的野生猫科动物种群的基本繁殖技术包括精液收集和冷冻保存、人工授精、卵母细胞收集、体外成熟、体外受精、体细胞克隆和胚胎移植。介绍了在野猫保护实施中开发辅助生殖技术的主要方向，以及波兰研究中心在推进这些方法方面的贡献。