Reindeer Reproductive Management
CHAPTER 131 Reindeer Reproductive Management JOHN E. BLAKE, JANICE E. ROWELL, MILAN P. SHIPKA Rangifer, a relatively new genus in the deer family, is indigenous to holarctic northern latitudes. Reindeer…
SUGERY, ORTHOPEDICS & ANESTHESIA
Heifer Development: Nutrition, Health, and Reproduction
CHAPTER 59 Heifer Development: Nutrition, Health, and Reproduction ROBERT L. LARSON, RICHARD F. RANDLE Replacement heifer development is a critically important area of beef production in which veterinarians can provide…
Dropsical Conditions Affecting Pregnancy
CHAPTER 55 Dropsical Conditions Affecting Pregnancy SIMON F. PEEK Hydrallantois and hydramnios, hydrops of the allantois and the amnion, respectively, are the two most common causes of dropsy of the…
Reproductive Health Program
CHAPTER 82 Reproductive Health Program SANDRA L. AYRES Goats are important livestock animals throughout the world. This is in part related to their ability to survive on suboptimal forage in…
Puerperal Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases
CHAPTER 75 Puerperal Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases ROBERT J. VAN SAUN The time around parturition is the single most stressful event in a doe’s reproductive life cycle. Metabolic and nutritional…
Ovulation Synchronization Strategies in Dairy Cattle Using PGF2α and GnRH
CHAPTER 38 Ovulation Synchronization Strategies in Dairy Cattle Using PGF2α and GnRH JAMES RICHARD. PURSLEY, NORA M. BELLO Synchronization of ovulation using timed injections of prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) and gonadotropinreleasing…
Ovarian Synchronization and Induction of Ovulation in Llamas and Alpacas
CHAPTER 120 Ovarian Synchronization and Induction of Ovulation in Llamas and Alpacas JANE. VAUGHAN Control of ovarian folliculogenesis in South American camelids would improve efficiency of supervised matings and facilitate…
Breeding Soundness Evaluation and Subfertility in Female Llamas and Alpacas
CHAPTER 119 Breeding Soundness Evaluation and Subfertility in Female Llamas and Alpacas AHMED. TIBARY Reproductive medicine is most likely the single most common veterinary call in alpaca and llama practice….
Reproductive Management of Llamas and Alpacas
CHAPTER 114 Reproductive Management of Llamas and Alpacas DAVID GARTRELL. PUGH, MARY BETH. STANTON Llamas and alpacas have grown in popularity in the United States. These large domestic farm animals…
Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Swine
CHAPTER 112 Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Swine ANTONIO. GARCIA†, Manipulation of animal reproduction probably is as old as domestication itself. Since humans started to keep animals in captivity, they have…
