Pregnancy Evaluation in the Mare
CHAPTER 11 Pregnancy Evaluation in the Mare PATRICIA L. SERTICH Effective management of broodmares requires that their pregnancy status be known so that proper managerial steps can be taken to…
Demographics and Herd Management Practices in South America
CHAPTER 113 Demographics and Herd Management Practices in South America JULIO. SUMAR EARLY HISTORY Current archeological evidence indicates that llamas and alpacas were domesticated in the Andean puna at elevations…
Clinical Reproductive Physiology of the Cow
CHAPTER 35 Clinical Reproductive Physiology of the Cow JEFFREY S. STEVENSON Reproduction drives the production cycle in both beef and dairy enterprises and is of major economic consequence. Maximizing the…
Clinical Reproductive Physiology of Ewes
CHAPTER 87 Clinical Reproductive Physiology of Ewes NORMAN C. RAWLINGS, PAWEL M. BARTLEWSKI REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS The ewe is seasonally polyestrous, with breeds derived from northern latitudes having a defined breeding…
Effects of Nutrition on Reproduction in Dairy Cattle
CHAPTER 57 Effects of Nutrition on Reproduction in Dairy Cattle JAMES N. SPAIN, MATTHEW C. LUCY, DAVID K. HARDIN Walton, as cited by Coppock,1 predicted that individual cow yields of…
Epizootic Bovine Abortion (Foothill Abortion)
CHAPTER 52 Epizootic Bovine Abortion (Foothill Abortion) ROBERT H. BONDURANT, MARK L. ANDERSON, JEFFREY L. STOTT, PETER C. KENNEDY HISTORY AND ETIOLOGY Epizootic bovine abortion (EBA), also known as foothill…
Ovarian Function in Llamas and Alpacas
CHAPTER 118 Ovarian Function in Llamas and Alpacas GREGG P. ADAMS South American camelids possess some unique reproductive characteristics generally unfamiliar to veterinarians practicing outside the indigenous zone for camelids,…
Reproductive Management of White-Tailed Deer
CHAPTER 130 Reproductive Management of White-Tailed Deer HARRY A. JACOBSON Among deer, the whitetail is unique. Its reproductive timing can vary by as much as 6 months or more within…
Ultrasound Determination of Fetal Gender
CHAPTER 40 Ultrasound Determination of Fetal Gender RODNEY A. CHRISTMAS, JILL. COLLOTON Fetal gender determination by real-time ultrasound evaluation has become a common reproductive management tool employed by both dairy…
Semen Collection and Artificial Insemination in Llamas and Alpacas
CHAPTER 117 Semen Collection and Artificial Insemination in Llamas and Alpacas WILFREDO. HUANCA, GREGG P. ADAMS Artificial insemination (AI) with frozen semen is one of the most important reproductive technologies…
