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Equine breeding management and artificial insemination /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Samper, Juan C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders/Elsevier, [2009]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Horses > Breeding.
Horses > Artificial insemination.
Horses.
Animal Husbandry.
Insemination, Artificial > veterinary.
Estrus Synchronization.
Embryo Transfer > veterinary.
Breeding.
Ebooks.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Anatomy and physical examination of the stallion
  • Reproductive endocrinology of the stallion
  • Semen collection in stallions
  • Stallion sexual behavior
  • Sperm physiology
  • Semen evaluation
  • Breeding management of the thoroughbred stallion
  • Breeding management of the warmblood stallion
  • Hormone therapy in the mare
  • Microbiology and diseases of semen
  • Anatomy and physiology of the mare
  • Uterine edema in the mare
  • Breeding management of the problem mare
  • Artificial insemination with fresh and cooled semen
  • Artificial insemination with frozen semen
  • Equine embryo transfer
  • Cooling and cryopreservation of equine embryos
  • New assisted reproductive techniques applied for the horse industry
  • The early pregnancy
  • Fetal monitoring in broodmares
  • Infectious problems in the last trimester of pregnancy
  • Parturition and evaluation of the placenta
  • The newborn foal
  • Breeding the post-partum mare
  • Preventive medicine and management of the broodmare and the foal
  • Evaluation of reproductive efficiency
  • Significance of the equine genome for the horse industry