Endoscopy gender determination and reproductive hormone profiles of Painted Terrapins (Batagur borneoensis) subjected to ex situ incubation

• Main Authors: Kolandaiveloo, Vishwanee, Kalaiselvam, Ruviniyia, Fong, Michelle Wai Cheng, Mustapa, Mohd Syahir, Souce, Richard M., Sugnaseelan, Sumita, Watanabe, Malaika, Lau, Min M., Sharma, Dionysius S.K., Sharma, Reuben Sunil Kumar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2020
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88795/1/BATA.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88795/; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7192726/

Chelonian exhibit temperature dependent sex determination, and ex situ incubation of eggs in conservation hatcheries may render a gender bias. The gender of juvenile Painted terrapins (Batagur borneoensis) produced at a conservation hatchery in Malaysia was determined by endoscopy of the gonads. Cir...