CHAPTER 139 Pregnancy Determination and Fetal Aging of Farmed Red Deer, Wapiti, and Bison PETER R. WILSON, JERRY C. HAIGH Early pregnancy detection in wapiti, red deer, and bison can…
CHAPTER 48 Infertility Due to Noninflammatory Abnormalities of the Tubular Reproductive Tract CHRISTIAN W. STEENHOLDT Infertility in the cow can be attributed to a number of conditions affecting the tubular…
CHAPTER 132 Reproductive Management of Axis Deer (Axis axis) ANTHONY W. ENGLISH Chital deer are one of six species of deer found in the wild in Australia.1 There was early…
CHAPTER 90 Abortion in Sheep: Diagnosis and Control PAULA I. MENZIES CLINICAL PRESENTATION Pregnancy loss in the ewe before day 12 of gestation results in an early return to estrus…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
