Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 3-13-2019 Can Assisted Reproductive Technologies Help Conserve 300 Million Years of Evolution? A First Attempt at Developing These Technologies for Male Reptiles Sean M. Perry Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Other Veterinary Medicine Commons, Reproductive and Urinary Physiology Commons, and the Veterinary Physiology Commons Recommended Citation Perry, Sean M., "Can Assisted Reproductive Technologies Help Conserve 300 Million Years of Evolution? A First Attempt at Developing These Technologies for Male Reptiles" (2019). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 5184. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/5184 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please
[email protected]. CAN ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES HELP CONSERVE 300 MILLION YEARS OF EVOLUTION? A FIRST ATTEMPT AT DEVELOPING THESE TECHNOLOGIES FOR MALE REPTILES. A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and School of Veterinary Medicine in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical and Veterinary Medical Sciences Veterinary Clinical Sciences by Sean Michael Perry B.S. University of California Santa Cruz, 2009 D.V.M. Western University of Health Sciences, 2013 May 2020 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am grateful to the numerous individuals whose expertise and support were instrumental in helping me complete my dissertation research and realize this vision, which was once a dream.