Ungulate Biologist
National Zoological Park
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
NZP MRC 551
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Email: pukazhenthib at si.edu
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/aboutus/staff/biosandprofiles/PukazhenthiBudhan.cfm
Current Research Projects
Understanding the reproductive biology of lions; Understanding the reproductive biology of Przewalski’s horse; Cryopreservation of elephant spermatozoa; In situ conservation and reintroduction of Eld's deer in south-east Asia; Regulation of tesis function in felids; Cryopreservation of sperm and oocytes in feline models.
Recent Publications
Hagedorn, M., S.L. Lance, D.M. Fonseca, F.W. Kleinhans, D. Artimov, R. Fleischer, A.T. Hoque, M.B. Hamilton and B.S. Pukazhenthi. 2002. Altering fish embryos with aquaporin-3: an essential step toward successful cryopreservation. Biol. Reprod. 67: 961-966.
Comizzoli, P., D.E. Wildt and B.S. Pukazhenthi. 2003. Overcoming the poor nuclear maturation and developmental competence of domestic cat oocytes during the non-breeding season. Reproduction 126:809-816.
Comizzoli, P., D.E. Wildt and B.S. Pukazhenthi. 2004. Effect of 1,2-propanediol versus 1,2-ethanediol on subsequent oocyte maturation, spindle integrity, fertilization and embryo development in vitro in the domestic cat. Biol. Reprod. 71:598-604.
Neubauer, K., K. Jewgenow, S. Blottner, D.E. Wildt and B.S. Pukazhenthi. 2004. Quantity rather than quality in teratospermic males: a histomorphometric and flow cytometric evaluation of spermatogenesis in the domestic cat (Felis catus). Biol. Reprod. 71:1571-1524.
Pukazhenthi, B.S. and D.E. Wildt. 2004. Which reproductive technologies are most relevant to studying, managing and conserving wildlife? Reprod. Fertil. Dev. 16:1-14.
Comizzoli, P., D.E. Wildt and B.S. Pukazhenthi. In vitro development of domestic cat embryos following intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection with testicular spermatozoa. Theriogenology (in press)
Pukazhenthi, B.S., K. Neubauer, K. Jewgenow, J.G. Howard and D.E. Wildt. The impact and potential etiology of teratospermia in the domestic cat and its wild relatives. Theriogenology (in press)
Pelican, K.M., D.E. Wildt, B.S. Pukazhenthi and J.G. Howard. Ovarian control for assisted reproduction in the domestic cat and wild felids. Theriogenology (in press).
Pukazhenthi, B.S., D. Laroe, A.E. Crosier, L.M. Bush, R. Spindler, K Pelican, M. Bush, J.G. Howard and D.E. Wildt. Challenges in cryopreservation of clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) spermatozoa. Theriogenology (in press)
Pukazhenthi, B.S., P. Comizzoli, A. Travis and D.E. Wildt. Applications of emerging technologies to the study and conservation of threatened and endangered species. Reprod. Fertil. Dev. (in press)
Updated -11/09/07
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