Controlled reproduction in pigs /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxon, U.K. ; New York :
CAB International,
[1997]
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| Series: | Controlled reproduction in farm animals ;
v. 3. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to controlled reproduction in pigs
- Areas of controlled reproduction in pigs
- Factors affecting reproducive efficiency
- Factors affecting semen quality and sex drive in boars
- Artificial insemination in pigs
- Oestrus and its detection in the pig
- The sow's oestrus cycle and associated events
- Oestrus and the oestrus cycle
- Hormones of the oestrus cycle
- Action of gonadotrophins during the cycle
- Artificial control of oestrus and ovulation in pigs
- Early efforts at oestrus control in pigs
- Prostaglandins in oestrus control
- Fixed-time artificial insemination in pigs
- Pregnancy testing in pigs
- Physiology and endocrinology of early pregnancy in the pig
- The uses of ultrasonics in pregnancy testing
- Oestrogen and progesterone assays
- Other pregnancy testing methods
- Control of farrowing
- Duration of pregnancy
- Physiology and endocrinology of late pregnancy and parturition
- Piglet mortality
- Induction by glucocorticoid/oxytocin
- PGF₂α and analogues
- Delaying parturition in the pig
- Induction by progesterone antagonist, RU 486
- More frequent farrowings in pigs
- Physiology and endocrinology of the lactational anoestrus in pigs
- Initiating ovarian activity in the postpartum sow
- Artificial induction of oestrus
- Increasing litter size in pigs
- Factors affecting litter size in pigs
- Hormonal methods of increasing ovulation rate
- Embryonic and fetal mortality in the pig
- Attempts to increase embryo survival
- Fraternity size and litter size
- Embryo transfer and associated techniques in pigs
- Superovulation techniques
- Embryo recovery procedures
- Storage and cryopreservation of pig embryos
- Embryo trabsfer methods and recipient management
- In vitro production of pig embryos
- Gene manipulation, sexing and cloning in pigs
- Breeding pigs at younger ages
- Physiology and endocrinology of puberty in gilts
- Nutritional, environmental and breed factors
- The Boar Effect
- Hormonal induction of puberty and pregnancy in gilts