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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Controlled reproduction in cattle and buffaloes
  title info:
    title: Controlled reproduction in cattle & buffaloes
  title info:
    title: Controlled breeding in farm animals
  name:
    name part: Gordon, Ian
    name part: 1944-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: C.A.B. International
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 1996
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xx, 492 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
  table of contents: 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
  table of contents: 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
  table of contents: 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
  note: Ian Gordon.
  note: Based on: Controlled breeding in farm animals. Pergamon Press--pref.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Cattle
    topic: physiology
  subject:
    topic: Buffaloes
    topic: physiology
  subject:
    topic: Breeding
  subject:
    topic: Reproductive Techniques
    topic: veterinary
  classification: 636.20898
  classification: SF 768.2.C3 G663c 1996
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Controlled reproduction in farm animals ; v. 1
  identifier: 0851991149 :
  identifier: 0851991181 (four-volume set)
  identifier: gb 97006140
  record info:
    record content source: UKM
    record creation date: 970113
    record change date: 20191203081346.0
    record identifier: in00004490721