IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
© IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group

Volume 19 Issue 1 Pages 1 - 61 (April 2002)

Call for Information
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Dear all,

Some months ago I asked about contraceptive methods in otters. Unfortunately I only
got the following two answers:

John Lewis, International Zoo Veterinary Group (GB), wrote:
I have used melengestrol acetate and levonorgestrol implants in Asian small-clawed otters effectively and without obvious side effects. I suspect that these would be effective in Lutra lutra.

Alfred Melissen, Aqua lutra (NL) wrote:
Splitting up the pair with youngsters in single sex groups would be the preferred method if the enclosure allows this.

Is there really nobody who tried MGA (= Melengestrolacetat; implants), Zona pellucida antigen (PZP-vaccination), Medroxyprogesteronacetat (Perlutex; Supprestal) or Delvosteron in Lutra lutra?

Best regards - Heike Weber
Wilhelmstr. 48b, 49808 Lingen-Ems, Germany, e-mail: hweber@iworld.de

Dear Friends,

We are undertaking a survey about materials of Lontra longicaudis and Pteronura
brasiliensis existing in museum collections and one of the objectives is putting that
information online. In order to do so we would like to receive further information
about museums that hold such material.

We are also preparing a protocol for the collection and preservation of tissues and data
of dead animals, aiming to standardise the collection of information about otters in
Brazil. In order to do so we need information about what are the most important parts
to collect, how to preserve the materials collected and what kind of body measurements
or other parameters are necessary.

We would like to thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Helen Waldemarin
Projeto Ecolontras
ecolontras@ecomarapendi.org.br

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