Its main responsibilities were the examination of bulls used for artificial insemination or natural breeding purposes, in addition to examining samples received from districts throughout Egypt for diagnostic purposes . long before that time, however, different aspects of animal reproduction were practiced in an informal, and later, formal manner . for example, artificial insemination has been applied in a primitive fashion for hundreds of years.
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The land was purchased in 1892 by Carlos Botelho, a doctor born in Piracicaba and trained in Paris, who was anxious to pursue an ambition he had developed during his time in France to create a Brazilian equivalent of the " Jardin d Acclimatation " in Paris, a place used for the acclimation of exotic species, with a research center for animal reproduction and hybridization and including a zoo among its various attractions.
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Sendivogius writes, " Having made an End with the Composition of the Lapis, there remains its Multiplication in infinitum which is effected by the same way and with the same operations the Lapis was made; only that instead of dissolved Gold or Silver, you lay in only so much of the Lapis as you laid in before of the said Gold or Silver for the first Confection of the Lapis . " Comparisons to plant and animal reproduction were also made.
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In biology, Francesco Redi has been the first to challenge the theory of spontaneous generation by demonstrating that maggots come from eggs of flies and he described 180 parasites in details and Marcello Malpighi founded microscopic anatomy, Lazzaro Spallanzani conducted important research in bodily functions, animal reproduction, and cellular theory, Camillo Golgi, whose many achievements include the discovery of the Golgi complex, paved the way to the acceptance of the Neuron doctrine, Rita Levi-Montalcini discovered the nerve growth factor ( awarded 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ).
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A brief overview of some other notable figures includes the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini, who made many important discoveries about the Solar System; the mathematicians Ars Magna is generally recognized as the first modern treatment on mathematics, made fundamental advances to the field; Marcello Malpighi, a doctor and founder of microscopic anatomy; the biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani, who conducted important research in bodily functions, animal reproduction, and cellular theory; the physician, pathologist, scientist, and Nobel laureate Camillo Golgi, whose many achievements include the discovery of the Golgi complex, and his role in paving the way to the acceptance of the Neuron doctrine.
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Awards / Honours : National Science Pioneer Award, 1985; World Buffalo Congress, Cairo, Egypt; Nalis Lagerlof Award, 1985, 1997, Indian Society for Animal Reproduction, D . Sundaresan Award, 1989, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal; Hari Om Award, 1990; Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Award, 1992; AGOURI Award, 1995, Japanese Society of Animal Reproduction; Rotary International Award 1998; AJAS Purina Award, 1999, Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production; Rotary Service Excellence Award, 2001; SAPI Honorific Award, 2002, Society for Animal Physiologists of India; Distinguished Veterinarian Award, 2002, Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research; Bhasin Award, 2002; Alumni Excellence Award, 2004, National Dairy Research Institute.
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Awards / Honours : National Science Pioneer Award, 1985; World Buffalo Congress, Cairo, Egypt; Nalis Lagerlof Award, 1985, 1997, Indian Society for Animal Reproduction, D . Sundaresan Award, 1989, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal; Hari Om Award, 1990; Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Award, 1992; AGOURI Award, 1995, Japanese Society of Animal Reproduction; Rotary International Award 1998; AJAS Purina Award, 1999, Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production; Rotary Service Excellence Award, 2001; SAPI Honorific Award, 2002, Society for Animal Physiologists of India; Distinguished Veterinarian Award, 2002, Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research; Bhasin Award, 2002; Alumni Excellence Award, 2004, National Dairy Research Institute.
