Proceedings of a workshop entitled From Epididymis to Embryo : 18th-21st October 2001, New Orleans, USA /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Dorothy Russell Havemeyer Foundation
Other Authors: Wade, Janette F., Morris, L. H-A, Foster, L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Newmarket, U.K. : R & W Publications, 2003.
Series:Havemeyer Foundation monograph series ; no. 6.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Spermatogenesis and infertility
  • Sperm transport in the female tract: comparative aspects and physiological highlights
  • Sperm transport and function in the mare - a review
  • The physicochemical properties of equine oestrous fluid
  • Cell-cell interactions between spermatozoa and the oviductal epithelium in the horse - information from in vitro studies
  • Capacitation of mammalian spermatozoa: a physiological perspective set against presumptive maturation in vitro
  • Capacitation related changes in stallion spermatozoa
  • Processing factors which influence viability and fertility of cryopreserved equine spermatozoa
  • Low numbers of spermatozoa in the equine oviduct are compatible with fertilisation
  • Sex selection of stallion spermatozoa
  • Hysteroscopic insemination of mares with frozen-thawed epididymal spermatozoa
  • A comparison between in vivo and in vitro matured oocytes in the mare
  • Evaluating in vitro maturation of horse oocytes
  • Relationships between oocyte characteristics and developmental potential
  • Follicle growth in mares for oocyte production
  • Factors associated with the oocyte, sperm and oviduct affecting success of oocyte tranfer
  • Embryo metabolism and implications for culture requirements
  • Vitrification of equine oocytes collected from slaughterhouse ovaries or by transvaginal aspiration of mares
  • Techniques for achieving fertilisation in vitro in the horse
  • Developing the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) procedure for the horse
  • Fetal development after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) in the horse
  • Nuclear transfer in domestic species
  • In vitro development of horse oocytes reconstructed with the nuclei of fetal and adult cells