Biotechnology of animal reproduction / editors, Marcelo Marcondes Seneda, Katia Cristina Silva-Santos, and Luciana Simões Rafagnin Marinho (Londrina State University, Londrina, Parana, Brazil).

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BIOTECHNOLOGY OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY: CURRENT CONCEPTS AND ADVANCED PERSPECTIVES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ORIGIN AND ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM; ORIGIN AND FORMATION OF THE FEMALE GAMETES; FOLLICULAR POPULATION; NEW CONCEPTS IN FOLLICULOGENESIS; MULTIOOCYTE FOLLICLES; NEUROENDOCRINE CONTROL OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; PHARMACOLOGICAL CONTROL OF THE ESTROUS CYCLE; GESTATION

ADVANCES AND NEW PERSPECTIVES IN FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGYCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: MALE REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND ADVANCES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ANATOMY; STEROIDOGENESIS, SPERMATOGENESIS AND ENDOCRINE CONTROL; PUBERTY; TESTICULAR THERMOREGULATION; MALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SEASON; ADVANCES IN MALE REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: ADVANCES OF ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IN CATTLE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; General Advantages of AI; CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ESTROUS CYCLE; Endocrine Regulation of Estrous Cycle in Cattle

Ovarian Follicular DynamicsESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; Prostaglandins and Synthetic Analogues; Progestins; SYNCHRONIZATION OF OVULATION; Progesterone and Estradiol; Control of Follicular Growth; Control of Corpus Luteum; Ovulation Induction; TAI IN BOS INDICUS COWS; TAI IN HEIFERS; Physiological Basis of Puberty and Sexual Maturity; Induction of Cyclicity in Heifers; TAI for Bos Indicus Heifers; USE OF SEXED SEMEN FOR AI AND TAI; RESYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAM; Overview of Estrous and Resynchronization of Ovulation; Main Strategies for Resynchronization of Estrous and Ovulation

Reproductive Rates after ResynchronizationCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN BREEDING OF CATTLE AND HORSES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; PRINCIPLES AND TERMINOLOGY OF ULTRASOUND; Ultrasound Technique in Cow and Mare; APPLICATIONS OF ULTRASOUND IN COW AND HORSE; Uterine Evaluation; Ovarian Assessment, Follicular Control and Identification of Ovulation; Diagnosis of Pregnancy; In the Mare; In the Cow; Fetal Sex Identification; DIAGNOSIS OF MAJOR ABNORMALITIES IN MARES AND COWS; Persistent Anovulatory Follicle; Endometritis, Pyometra and Mucometra; Follicular Cyst and Luteal

Ultrasonography as a Tool to Determine Antral Follicles Count in CattleCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: METHODS AND ADVANCES IN SEMEN ANALYSIS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EVOLUTION OF THE MAIN ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR SEMEN QUALITY EVALUATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; Subjective Evaluation; Objective Analysis (CASA -- Computer Assisted Sperm Analysis); Flow Cytometer; NEW BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR SEMEN EVALUATION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: IN VIVO EMBRYO PRODUCTION IN CATTLE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; HISTORIC; DEFINITION; EMBRYO DONOR SELECTION; Genetic Aspects; Age; Reproductive Aspects

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