One of the world’s rare sex-selected zoological species, a Pacific bottlenose dolphin, was born Dec 4th, 2009 at the Dolphin Adventure Center, Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico.

The birth represents the first calf in Mexico to be born after using sperm sexing and artificial insemination technologies. The calf is the result of a recent collaboration between Dolphin Adventures and SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Reproductive Research Center in San Diego, CA.

SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Reproductive Research Center (SWBGRRC) is the only organization in the world to apply preferential sex-selection reproductive research to exotic animals.

“Our artificial insemination program has now produced 10 sex-selected dolphin calves worldwide, this birth further proves that assisted reproductive technology can be applied successfully for species management in a zoological setting,”said Dr. Todd Robeck, SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment(SWPE)corporate director of Theriogenology (the study of animal reproduction).