CHAPTER 96 Reproductive Surgery in the Boar GARY C. ALTHOUSE Current swine breeding management strategies have placed an increased emphasis on the clinician’s technical proficiency in performing boar reproductive surgery….
CHAPTER 62 Reproductive Health Programs for Beef Herds: Analysis of Records for Assessment of Reproductive Performance TERRY J. ENGELKEN, CHE. TREJO, KYLE. VOSS Those operations that emphasize decreased cost of…
CHAPTER 141 Other Reproductive Diseases of Deer and Bison JERRY C. HAIGH Comprehensive information about reproductive abnormalities in deer and bison is not yet available. In this chapter an attempt…
CHAPTER 72 Pregnancy Diagnosis in Goats DAVID. MATSAS Caprine pregnancy can be diagnosed over a wide range of times during gestation. Demand for pregnancy diagnosis, however, varies with herd type….
CHAPTER 135 Estrous Synchronization and Artificial Insemination in Domesticated Cervids CLAIRE. PLANTE, JOHN. POLLARD, MIKE J. BRINGANS A powerful and well-respected tool for disseminating the genetics of select sires in…
CHAPTER 86 Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer in Sheep C.F.B. SHIPLEY, BRIAN C. BUCKRELL, M.J.A. MYLNE, JOHN. POLLARD, J.R. HUNTON Artificial insemination and embryo transfer in sheep offer many advantages…
CHAPTER 116 Breeding Soundness Examination of the Male Llama and Alpaca P. WALTER. BRAVO Breeding soundness examination (BSE) is common in several livestock species and is an excellent tool that…
CHAPTER 83 Reproductive Biotechnologies in the Goat GABRIELA. FLORES-FOXWORTH In recent decades, scientists have contributed to develop powerful biotechnologies such as estrus synchronization, superovulation, artificial insemination, embryo collection and transfer,…
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…
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…
