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Factors affecting calf crop : biotechnology of reproduction / edited by Michael J. Fields, Robert S. Sand, Joel V. Yelich.
LIBRA SF201 .F335 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beef cattle--Breeding.
- Beef cattle.
- Beef cattle--Reproduction.
- Beef cattle--Biotechnology.
- Calves.
- Biotechnology.
- Physical Description:
- 301 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Developments in Reproductive Biotechnology that Will Improve the Weaned Calf Crop / Robert J. Collier 1
- Chapter 2 Bovine Estrus: Tools for Detection and Understanding / D. Owen Rae 7
- Chapter 3 Use of Prostaglandin F[subscript 2[alpha] (PGF[subscript 2[alpha]) in Cattle Breeding / J. W. Lauderdale 23
- Chapter 4 Estrous Synchronization of Cyclic and Anestrous Cows with Syncro-Mate-B / W. E. Beal 35
- Chapter 5 Use of GnRH to Synchronize Estrus and/or Ovulation in Beef Cows with or without Timed Insemination / Jeffrey S. Stevenson 43
- Chapter 6 Current and Emerging Methods to Synchronize Estrus with Melengestrol Acetate (MGA) / D. J. Patterson, S. L. Wood, F. N. Kojima, M. F. Smith 57
- Chapter 7 A Vaginal Insert (CIDR) to Synchronize Estrus and Timed AI / Joel V. Yelich 87
- Chapter 8 Management of Follicular Growth with Progesterone and Estradiol within Progestin-Based Estrous Synchrony Systems / M. L. Day, C. R. Burke 101
- Chapter 9 The Freezing, Thawing, and Transfer of Cattle Embryos / John F. Hasler 119
- Chapter 10 Application of Embryo Transfer to the Beef Cattle Industry / W. E. Beal 131
- Chapter 11 Embryo Transfer in Tropically Adapted Cattle in the Semitropics / Chad C. Chase, Jr. 145
- Chapter 12 In Vitro Fertilization to Improve Cattle Production / J. J. Rutledge 157
- Chapter 13 National Bovine Genomics Projects: Present Status, Future Directions, and Why They Are Important / R. Michael Roberts 165
- Chapter 14 Genetic Technologies in Cow-Calf Operations / S. K. DeNise, J. F. Medrano 177
- Chapter 15 Somatic Cell Cloning in the Beef Industry / Audy Spell, James M. Robl 195
- Chapter 16 Alternative Methods to Micromanipulation for Producing Transgenic Cattle / M. Shemesh, M. Gurevich, E. Harel-Markowitz, L. Benvenisti, L. S. Shore, Y. Stram 205
- Chapter 17 Cloning and the Beef Cattle Industry / Karen Moore 219
- Chapter 18 Reproductive Real-Time Ultrasound Technology: An Application for Improving Calf Crop in Cattle Operations / G. Cliff Lamb 231
- Chapter 19 Factors that Affect Embryonic Survival in the Cow: Application of Technology to Improve the Calf Crop / E. Keith Inskeep 255
- Chapter 20 Sexing Sperm for Beef and Dairy Cattle Breeding / George E. Seidel, Jr. 281
- Chapter 21 New Developments in Managing the Bull / R. L. Ax, H. E. Hawkins, S. K. DeNise, T. R. Holm, H. M. Zhang, J. N. Oyarzo, M. E. Bellin 287.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0849311179
- OCLC:
- 47696598
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