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Controlled reproduction in cattle and buffaloes
Controlled reproduction in cattle & buffaloes
Introduction to controlled reproduction in cattle -- Areas of controlled reproduction in cattle -- Factors affecting fertility in the dairy cow -- Factors affecting fertility of the beef cow -- Artificial insemination as the breeding method -- Factors affecting semen quality and fertility in bulls -- Oestrus in the cow and techniques used in its detection -- Suppression of sexual activity in cattle -- Reproduction management programmes -- The cow's oestrous cycle and associated events -- Oestrus and the oestrous cycle in cattle -- Follicular dynamics in the cow -- Gonadotrophins and their actions -- The dominant follicle -- Ultrasound imaging in monitoring ovarian activity -- Intraovarian events -- Follicular artesia -- Cystic ovarian disease and cystic corpus luteum -- Artificial control of oestrus and ovulation -- Control by progesterone and progestagens -- Prostaglandins and their analogues -- Combined treatments in oestrus control -- Breeding by fixed-time artificial insemination -- Pregnancy testing in cattle -- Physiological and endocrinological changes in early pregnancy in the cow -- Palpation per rectum -- Progesterone assays -- Oestrogen for positive pregnancy diagnosis
The use of ultrasonics -- Other methods -- Identifying twin-bearing cattle -- Economic evalution of pregnancy diagnosis in cattle -- Control of calving -- Factors affecting the duration of pregnancy -- Physiology and endocrinology of late pregnancy and parturition -- Induction using corticosteroids -- Prostaglandins and induced calvings -- Induction by progesterone antagonist, RU 486 -- Techniques for terminating pregnancy -- The timing of parturition -- Controlling calving interval -- Physiology and endocrinology of the postpartum cow -- Beef suckler cattle -- Strategies for inducing the resumption of cyclical breeding -- Effect of calving interval on conception rate in postpartum cows -- Embryo transfer and associated techniques in cattle -- Superovulation techniques -- Factors affecting response to superovulation treatments -- Breeding the donar cow -- Embryo recovery and evaluation procedures -- Storage and freezing cattle embryos -- Preparing embryos for transfer -- Donor-recipient synchrony -- Selection and management of recipients -- In vitro production of cattle embryos -- Animal health and welfare implications of IVF/ET technology -- Sex control by seperation of spermatozoa -- Embryo sexing procedures -- Cloning in the cattle : present and future possiblities
Production of transgenic cattle -- Induction of twin births in cattle -- Approaches to cattle twinning -- Twinning by embryo transfer -- Breeding, feeding and management considerations in twin-bearing cattle -- Freemartins -- Breeding cattle at younger ages -- Physiology and endocrinology of puberty in cattle -- Factors affecting age of puberty in cattle -- Hormonal induction of puberty -- Introduction to controlled reproduction in buffaloes -- Factors affecting breeding activity and fertility in the buffalo -- Artificial insemination as the breeding method -- Control of oestrus, pregnancy testing and parturition controlled in buffaloes -- The oestrous cycle and the contol of oestrus -- Pregnancy testing in buffalo -- Control of parturition in buffaloes -- Embryo transfer and associated techniques in buffaloes -- Superovulation techniques -- Embryo recovery, evaluation and storage -- Embryo transfer and recipient management -- Buffalo embryo production and laboratory -- Gender control and micromanipulation if buffalo embryos
Based on: Controlled breeding in farm animals. Pergamon Press--pref.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Controlled reproduction in farm animals ; v. 1