CHAPTER 95 Infectious and Noninfectious Causes of Infertility in Boars GARY C. ALTHOUSE As in other livestock species, breeding soundness evaluations (BSEs) have value in identifying potentially subfertile or infertile…
CHAPTER 92 Diseases of the Periparturient Ewe MARIE. BULGIN Excluding the abortion diseases, the problems of the periparturient ewe often are metabolic and related to fetal number, nutrition, and management….
CHAPTER 89 Pregnancy Diagnosis FULLER. BAZER, WAYNE. CUNNINGHAM, DEBORAH. MARSH Pregnancy diagnosis in sheep is an important management practice because of the impact of reproductive performance on economic return from…
CHAPTER 51 Protozoal Abortion in Cattle BRUCE. ABBITT, D. OWEN. RAE Ruminant protozoal abortifacients include Tritrichomonas foetus and Neospora, Toxoplasma, and Sarcocystis spp. The latter three genera all are members…
CHAPTER 84 Reproductive Physiology of the Ram JIM. FITZGERALD, GREGOR. MORGAN An understanding of basic ram reproductive physiology forms the foundation to the designing of practical approaches to management of…
CHAPTER 47 Ovarian Follicular Cysts H. ALLEN. GARVERICK Ovarian follicular cysts (cysts) are anovulatory follicular structures that persist for various periods of time and have been found in a number…
CHAPTER 80 Inherited Sex Abnormalities in Goats PARVATHI K. BASRUR, HARPREET S. KOCHHAR The process of sex differentiation is vulnerable to disruptive events emanating from unfavorable maternal environment and abnormal…
CHAPTER 79 Noninfectious Infertility in the Doe WILLIAM. BRAUN, JR. Infections of the genital tract are seldom causes of infertility in goats,1 although infectious causes of abortion are important. Postpartum…
CHAPTER 81 Induced Abortion and Parturition in the Goat WILLIAM. BRAUN, JR. Elective induction of abortion or parturition is easily accomplished in goats. A functional corpus luteum (CL), the sole…
CHAPTER 78 Noninfectious Prenatal Pregnancy Loss in the Doe WILLIAM. BRAUN, JR. Many noninfectious agents have been named by producers as responsible for pregnancy loss in the goat. Unfortunately, most…
