Control of pig reproduction VII : proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Pig Reproduction, Kerkrade, the Netherlands, June 2005 /
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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Nottingham, U.K. :
Nottingham University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Society of Reproduction and Fertility supplement ;
62. |
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Table of Contents:
- Relationship of the brain-pituitary-adipose tissue axis to reproduction
- Distribution and gene expression of neuropeptides during brain development
- Foetal and neonatal development of luteinising hormone and its regulatory systems in the pig
- Gene expression in the brain-pituitary adipose tissue axis and luteinising hormone secretion during pubertal development in the gilt
- Transsynaptic connections between the hypothalamus and adipose tissue : relationship to reproduction
- Gonads
- Androgens in female pig reproduction : actions mediated by the androgen receptor
- The role of intra-luteal factors in the control of the porcine corpus luteum
- The boar testis : the most versatile steroid producing organ known
- Genetic variation in sperm production
- Uterus/embryo
- Uterine development and endometrial programming
- Maternal recognition of pregnancy signal or endocrine distruptor : the two faces of oestrogen during establishment of pregnancy in the pig
- Inhibition of luteolysis and embryo-uterine interactions during the peri-implantation period in pigs
- The use of microarrays to define functionally-related genes that are differentially expressed in the cycling pig uterus
- Nutrition environment
- Dietary fat and reproduction in the post partum sow
- Stress, cortisol and reproduction in female pigs
- Seasonality of reproduction in gilts and sows
- Effects of boar stimuli on the follicular phase and on oestrous behaviour in sows
- Controlled reproduction
- Influence of semen on inflammatory modulators of embryo implantation
- Harnessing the biology of the oviduct for the benefit of artificial insemination
- Strategies to improve the fertility of frozen-thawed boar semen for artificial insemination
- Cryopreservation and transfer of pig embryos
- Genetics/transgenics/cloning
- Deciphering the pig genome to understand gamete production
- Factors influencing the commercialisation of cloning in the pork industry
- Structural, biochemical and functional aspects of sperm-oocyte interactions in pigs
- Germ cell transplantation in pigs-advances and applications.