Applied reproductive biotechnology for houbara bustard conservation by Dr. Janaina Torres Carreira

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About the speaker:

Janaina Torres Carreira graduated with a Veterinary Medicine degree in 2005 from São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Araçatuba, São Paulo in Brazil.  Her path of interest was then continued with a Master on Animal Reproduction in 2008 and a Ph.D. on Animal Reproduction in 2012 both from São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Jaboticabal, São Paulo in Brazil. She followed with a Post Doctorate on Sperm nuclear organization from Universite Clermont-Auvergne (UCA) in Clermont-Ferrand, France. She complemented her rigorous education by excelling in her career choices which included working as an assistant professor of animal reproduction and obstetrics at Rio Preto University (UNIRP) from 2012 to 2016. She continued to develop in her professional path as she later became Professor of veterinary physiology, animal reproduction, and obstetrics at the Federal Institute of Minas Gerais (IFMG) from 2017 to 2019. Moreover, Janaina became founding member of the Brazilian Society for Animal Andrology (ABRAA) and joined as a member of the Animal Applied Andrology Association (AAAA).

Janaina has been working at Reneco International Wildlife consultants in Abu Dhabi as a Reproduction Physiology Researcher since July 2019, examining quality different aspects of bustards and falcons’ reproduction and advance biotechnologies, such as artificial insemination and sperm preservation, which are fundamental components of captive conservation activities.

About the talk:

Applied reproductive biotechnology for houbara bustard conservation.

Over the last 30 years, unregulated hunting and habitat loss led to the decline of the North African and Asian houbara houbara populations (Chlamydotis undulata and Ch. macqueenii), today both classified as vulnerable by the IUCN.  To support both in and ex-situ conservation actions through the ranges of both species, Abu Dhabi developed large scale conservation breeding programs (www.houbarafund.org). Captive breeding is based on a strict genetic management and the use of artificial insemination. This talk aims to highlight the reproductive particularities of the species, and how the current applied reproductive biotechnologies, as sperm cryopreservation (genome resource bank), combined with artificial insemination are keys to the genetic management and reproductive success of captive birds.

Special thanks to Nautica Environmental Associates for sponsoring this event.