Reproduction in farm animals /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
[2000]
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| Edition: | Seventh edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Anatomy of male reproduction
- Anatomy of female reproduction
- Hormones, growth factors, and reproduction
- Reproductive cycles
- Folliculogenesis, egg maturation, and ovulation
- Transport and survival of gametes
- Spermatozoa and seminal plasma
- Fertilization and cleavage
- Implantation
- Gestation, prenatal physiology, and parturition
- Cattle and buffalo
- Sheep and goats
- Pigs
- Horses
- Llamas and alpacas
- Reproduction in poultry : male and female
- Reproductive failure in females
- Reproductive failure in males
- Reproductive behavior
- Genetics of reproductive failure
- Genetic engineering of farm mammals
- Pharmacotoxicologic factors and reproduction
- Immunology of reproduction
- Molecular biology of reproduction
- Semen evaluation
- Artificial insemination
- X and Y chromosome-bearing spermatozoa
- Pregnancy diagnosis
- Ovulation induction, embryo production and transfer
- Preservation and cryopreservation of gametes and embryos
- Micromanipulation of gametes and embryos : in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF/ET)
- Appendix I : Chromosome numbers of bovinae, equinae, and caprinae species
- Appendix II : Chromosome numbers and reproductive ability in equine, bovine, and caprine hybrids
- Appendix III : Preparation of physiologic solutions
- Appendix IV : Technique for determining spermatozoal concentration using a hemacytometer
- Appendix V : Preparation of sperm stains
- Appendix VI : Preparation of trypsin for zona-free hamster ova
- Appendix VII : Evaluation of chromosomes of ova
- Appendix VIII : Book/IVF companies
- Appendix IX : In vitro fertilization by microinjection.