欣喜若狂的饲养员罗宾-普莱斯热烈欢迎这些小生命的诞生，它们的父亲是一只参展冠军
这3只短毛猎狐梗幼仔蹲在它们获奖的父亲——格伦帕克守卫者的遗像前
摘要：北京时间8月2日消息，参展犬冠军格伦帕克守卫者(Grenpark Keeper)已经去世将近20年，但是它在去世多年后成为3只小狗仔的父亲。这只又被昵称为特洛伊的短毛猎狐梗的精子在1989年初次采用试管受精时被冷冻起来。最近兽医通过一种创新方法，利用这只狗狗的精子给它的“玄孙女”斯塔人工受精。
现在饲养者罗宾·普莱斯已经迎来斯塔的3只健康短毛猎狐梗小狗仔的降生，它们是2只公狗，1只母狗。这位参展犬专家为了储存精子和进行人工受精，前后花了大约3500英镑(5744.30美元)，她说：“兽医采用一种新方法让精子重新恢复活力。然后他们又用导管和试管受精成功令斯塔受孕。他们能够保存精子，并让它们重新恢复生机，对此我感到很吃惊。这些小狗非常特殊，它们总是依偎在你身旁。我是如此激动，我紧紧抓住兽医的手，兴奋的拥抱他。想到这些你会感觉有点怪，不过这窝小狗是无价之宝。每个人都想拥有它们，它们世界闻名，因为它们的父亲是个传奇。”
格伦帕克守卫者1989年首次在皇家墨尔本秀中获得冠军，然而不幸的是，它在5年后去世。一个实验室储存的它的精子被人淡忘了20多年，直到最近澳大利亚墨尔本莫纳什大学医院经过检测，发现这些精子目前的状况仍然很好。通过人工受精后的斯塔在今年7月8日生下2个儿子和一个女儿。这距离这3只小狗仔的父亲去世已经超过18年。罗宾打算给3个新生儿取名永生、追忆和回到未来。莫纳什大学医院兽医斯图尔特·梅森表示，他采用一项欧洲新技术后欣喜地发现，保存时间如此之长的精子竟能产生这么健康的一窝小狗仔。
梅森说：“这是一次非凡经历。对这次成功，我们感到与狗狗的主人一样惊喜。澳大利亚利用这么久远的精子进行人工受精取得成功的例子非常罕见。”这些小狗的母亲斯塔在恢复阶段，它们是由人工喂养，这包括它们被放置在温度在23摄氏度的恒温环境下长达10天，每天隔几小时就用奶瓶喂奶一次。（生物探索编辑）
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Champion show dog fathers three puppies 20 years after he died using sperm frozen in lab
He might have been dead for almost two decades, but a championship show dog has fathered three miracle puppies from beyond the grave.
The semen of champion fox terrier Grenpark Keepers - nicknamed Troy - was frozen back in 1989, when animal IVF was first used.
But vets have used a revolutionary technique to artificially inseminate the show dog's great-great granddaughter, Star, with his sperm.
Now, breeder Robyn Price is celebrating the birth of Star's litter of three healthy fox terrier pups - two male and one female.
The dog show specialist, who spent almost £3,500 on storing the sperm and the insemination treatment, said: 'A new medium brought the sperm alive. They used a catheter and used IVF.
'The fact they can keep sperm and bring it back to life amazes me. The puppies are so special and they just snuggle into you.'
'I was so excited I grabbed the vet and hugged him. It is quite bizarre when you think about it, but these puppies are priceless.
'Everyone wants them and they are world famous because their father was a legend.'
Grenpark Keeper came first in the Champion Sweepstakes at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1989 but died five years later.
His semen languished in a laboratory for more than 20 years until it was tested at the Monash University Clinic in Melbourne, Australia, and it was discovered they were still good swimmers.
Star was artificially inseminated and she gave birth to two sons and a daughter on July 8, arriving more than 18 years after their father's death.
Robyn is considering giving them the pet names of Eternity, Retrospect and Back to the Future.
Vet Stuart Mason, from the Monash University Clinic, said he used a new European technique was delighted that sperm frozen for so long could produce such a healthy litter, it was reported.
Dr Mason told the Herald Sun: 'It is a great experience. We are as excited as the owner when we have this kind of success.
'In Australia it is pretty uncommon to have success using sperm that old.'
The puppies have been hand-reared while their mother, Star, recovers which involved them being kept in 23C temperatures for 10 days and bottle-fed every few hours.
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