Controlled reproduction in cattle and buffaloes /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford :
CAB International,
[1996]
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| Series: | Controlled reproduction in farm animals ;
v. 1. |
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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
- 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