Recommendations for commercially available primate semen extender?

23 May 2019 0 3K Report

We are looking for commercially available semen extenders to test for use in preservation of bonobo semen. Does anyone have any recommendations for products they've tried in other primates (human or non-human)? Or general suggestions?

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