Biasetti Pierfrancesco, Hildebrandt Thomas B, Göritz Frank, Hermes Robert, Holtze Susanne, Galli Cesare, Lazzari Giovanna, Colleoni Silvia, Pollastri Ilaria, Spiriti Maria Michela, Stejskal Jan, Seet Steven, Zwilling Jan, Ngulu Stephen, Mutisya Samuel, Kariuki Linus, Lokolool Isaac, Omondo Patrick, Ndeereh David, de Mori Barbara
Department of Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany.
Ethics Laboratory for Veterinary Medicine, Conservation, and Animal Welfare, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Front Vet Sci. 2022 May 3;9:831675. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.831675. eCollection 2022.
Originally applied on domestic and lab animals, assisted reproduction technologies (ARTs) have also found application in conservation breeding programs, where they can make the genetic management of populations more efficient, and increase the number of individuals per generation. However, their application in wildlife conservation opens up new ethical scenarios that have not yet been fully explored. This study presents a frame for the ethical analysis of the application of ART procedures in conservation based on the Ethical Matrix (EM), and discusses a specific case study-ovum pick-up (OPU) procedures performed in the current conservation efforts for the northern white rhinoceros ()-providing a template for the assessment of ART procedures in projects involving other endangered species.
辅助生殖技术（ARTs）最初应用于家畜和实验动物，如今在保护育种计划中也有应用，在这些计划中，它们可以提高种群遗传管理的效率，并增加每一代的个体数量。然而，它们在野生动物保护中的应用引发了一些尚未得到充分探讨的新伦理问题。本研究基于伦理矩阵（EM）提出了一个对保护中ART程序应用进行伦理分析的框架，并讨论了一个具体案例研究——在目前北方白犀牛保护工作中进行的采卵（OPU）程序，为评估涉及其他濒危物种的项目中的ART程序提供了一个模板。
