Proceedings, National Reproduction Symposium : September 22-23, 1994, Pittsburgh, PA /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: National Reproduction Symposium Pittsburgh, Pa., Texas Agricultural Extension Service, United States. Extension Service, American Association of Bovine Practitioners. Conference
Other Authors: Jordan, Ellen R. (Ellen Rae)
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Dallas, Tex. : Texas Agricultural Extension Service, [1994]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Automated detection of estrus: can it be a reality
  • Hormonal intervention in the control of fertility in dairy cattle
  • Alternative methods for determining pregnancy status
  • Designing tomorrow's genes
  • Practical applications and genetic implications of microencapsulated and x-y separated semen
  • The national dairy database (NDD)
  • Optimal economic goals in reproduction: underlying concepts from semen to culling
  • Breeding dairy cattle - deciding what genetics to use
  • Reproduction records and production medicine
  • The veterinarian's role: improving the pregnancy rate
  • Protein - reproduction interactions and strategies
  • Follicular development and fertility: potential impacts of negative energy balance
  • Patterns in fertility in dairy cows
  • Effect of minerals and vitamins on reproduction of dairy cows
  • Cystic ovaries
  • Interactive effects of semen quantity, semen quality and insemination techniques on conception rates of artificially inseminated cattle
  • Embryonic mortality and repeat breeder cows
  • Causes and possible solutions to the problem of heat stress in reproductive management of dairy cows
  • Behavioral considerations-animal density, concrete/footing
  • Effects of bovine somatotropin on reproductive performance in dairy cows.