An Ethical Assessment Tool (ETHAS) to Evaluate the Application of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Mammals’ Conservation: The Case of the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)
| Autor: | Thomas B. Hildebrandt, Giovanna Lazzari, Samuel Mutisya, Pierfrancesco Biasetti, Richard Vigne, Barbara de Mori, Robert Hermes, Maria Michela Spiriti, Susanne Holtze, Jan Zwilling, Frank Göritz, Cesare Galli, Ilaria Pollastri, David Ndeereh, Stephen Ngulu, Steven Seet, Francesco Andreucci, Simona Normando, Daniela Florio, Jan Stejskal, Silvia Colleoni |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Knowledge management
Scrutiny 040301 veterinary sciences Computer science Rhinoceros Context (language use) Animal welfare Assisted reproductive technologies Conservation ethics Ethical review process Ethical risk assessment Ethical self-assessment Northern white rhinoceros Reproductive technology Scientific literature Article animal welfare 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences assisted reproductive technologies northern white rhinoceros ethical self-assessment conservation ethics ethical risk assessment ethical review process lcsh:Zoology lcsh:QL1-991 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences lcsh:Veterinary medicine General Veterinary biology Ceratotherium simum business.industry 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification Ranking lcsh:SF600-1100 Animal Science and Zoology business Risk assessment |
| Zdroj: | Animals, Vol 11, Iss 312, p 312 (2021) Animals Volume 11 Issue 2 Animals, 11(2):312 Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI |
| ISSN: | 2076-2615 |
| Popis: | Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) can make a difference in biodiversity conservation. Their application, however, can create risks and raise ethical issues that need addressing. Unfortunately, there is a lack of attention to the topic in the scientific literature and, to our knowledge, there is no tool for the ethical assessment of ARTs in the context of conservation that has been described. This paper reports the first applications of the Ethical Assessment Tool (ETHAS) to trans-rectal ovum pick-up (OPU) and in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures used in a northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) conservation project. The ETHAS consists of two checklists, the Ethical Evaluation Sheet and the Ethical Risk Assessment, and is specifically customized for each ART procedure. It provides an integrated, multilevel and standardized self-assessment of the procedure under scrutiny, generating an ethical acceptability ranking (totally, partially, not acceptable) and a risk rank (low, medium, high), and, hence, allows for implementing measures to address or manage issues beforehand. The application of the ETHAS to the procedures performed on the northern white rhinoceros was effective in ensuring a high standard of procedures, contributing to the acceptability and improved communication among the project&rsquo s partners. In turn, the tool itself was also refined through an iterative consultation process between experts and stakeholders. |
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