Artificial insemination to cloning : tracing 50 years of research /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foote, Robert H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University, [1998]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Animal scientists : nature and nurture
  • Dairy cattle
  • Background and general references
  • Objectives of the AI program : to obtain sires superior in genetics, sperm production, and fertility
  • Genetic selection of bulls
  • Testes : the sperm-producing factory
  • Testes : size, consistency, and the relationship to semen quality
  • Evaluation of bulls for fertility
  • Nutrition of young bulls
  • Nutrition of adult bulls
  • Sexual behavior of bulls
  • Semen collection equipment
  • Frequency and management of semen collection
  • Semen composition and sperm metabolism
  • Capacitation, the acrosome reaction, and hamster oocyte penetration
  • Evaluation of sperm in fresh semen
  • Evaluation of sperm in extended semen
  • Extenders for liquid semen
  • Extending and processing liquid semen
  • Extending and processing frozen semen
  • Sperm manipulation and sex ratios
  • Nutrition of Holstein heifers
  • Reproductive management of cows and detection of estrus
  • Superovulation in prepubertal cattle
  • Embyro evaluation and direct transfer
  • Embryo culture and transfer
  • Embryos produced and cultured in vitro (IVF)
  • Oocyte maturation and IVF
  • Oocyte maturation, activation, and cloning
  • Male reproductive system
  • Testicular function : spermatogenesis
  • Testicular function : steroid hormones and behavior
  • Semen collection
  • Semen composition and evaluation
  • Semen processing and insemination
  • Sperm antigens and fertility
  • Reproductive toxicology in males
  • Timing oogenesis and the aging ovary
  • Ovulation and superovulation
  • Oocyte maturation and micromanipulation
  • Embryo culture and evaluation
  • Embryo storage and metabolism
  • Embryo manipulation and cloning
  • Aging female rabbits and reproductive failure
  • Pregnancy, embryo mortality, and contraception
  • Horses
  • Swine
  • Sheep
  • Goats
  • Dogs
  • Ferret nonsurgical artificial insemination and embryo transfer
  • Human semen analysis
  • Experimental design and modeling
  • Animal biotechnology and ethics
  • Cloning