Current therapy in large animal theriogenology / [edited by] Robert S. Youngquist, Walter R. Threlfall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Youngquist, Robert S.

Threlfall, Walter R.

Series:

Current Veterinary Therapy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theriogenology.

Mammals--Reproduction.

Mammals.

Veterinary medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1087 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Large animal theriogenology

Place of Publication:

St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders Elsevier, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An essential resource for both students and practitioners, this comprehensive text provides practical, up-to-date information about normal reproduction and reproductive disorders in horses, cattle, small ruminants, swine, llamas, and other livestock. Featuring contributions from experts in the field, each section is devoted to a different large animal species and begins with a review of the clinically relevant aspects of the reproductive anatomy and physiology of both males and females. Key topics include the evaluation of breeding soundness, pregnancy diagnosis, diagnosis and treatment of inf

Contents:

Front Cover; Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology; Copyright Page; Consulting Editors; Contributors; Preface; Contents; SECTION I: Equine Theriogenology; CHAPTER 1. Physiology and Endocrinology of Stallions; ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY; PARACRINE AND AUTOCRINE FACTORS; EFFECTS OF SEASON ON REPRODUCTIVE PARAMETERS IN STALLIONS; HORMONAL IMBALANCES IN THE STALLION WITH IDIOPATHIC SUBFERTILITY AND INFERTILITY; HORMONAL TESTING OF SUBFERTILE AND INFERTILE STALLIONS; PROGESTAGEN TREATMENT OF BREEDING STALLIONS; PROSPECTS FOR IMMUNOCASTRATION OF STALLIONS; References

CHAPTER 2. Reproductive Examination of the Stallion: Evaluation of Potential Breeding SoundnessHISTORY; SEMEN EVALUATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT; Suggested Readings; CHAPTER 3. Infertility and Diseases of the Reproductive Tract of Stallions; NONINFECTIOUS CAUSES OF SUBFERTILITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; References; CHAPTER 4. Surgical Correction of Abnormalities Affecting the Reproductive Organs of Stallions; INGUINAL HERNIATION AND RUPTURE; TORSION OF THE SPERMATIC CORD; HYDROCELE; HEMATOCELE; VARICOCELE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASIA; PENILE AND PREPUTIAL INJURIES

PARAPHIMOSIS OR PENILE PROTRUSIONPHIMOSIS; NEOPLASIA OF THE PENIS AND PREPUCE; SUMMER SORES (CUTANEOUS HABRONEMIASIS); PRIAPISM; HEMOSPERMIA; References; CHAPTER 5. Techniques for Artificial Insemination; SEMEN COLLECTION; SEMEN HANDLING; PRESERVATION OF SEMEN; FRESH SEMEN; COOLED SEMEN; FROZEN SEMEN; Reference; CHAPTER 6. Stallion Sexual Behavior Dysfunction; INADEQUATE SEXUAL INTEREST AND AROUSAL; SLOW OR VARIABLE RESPONSE; SPECIFIC ERECTION DYSFUNCTION; MOUNTING AND THRUSTING DIFFICULTIES; SPECIFIC EJACULATION DYSFUNCTION; PHARMACOLOGICALLY INDUCED EJACULATION; ROWDY BREEDING BEHAVIOR

HYPERACTIVE OR FRENZIED BEHAVIORSELF-MUTILATION; SAVAGE STALLIONS; RESIDUAL STALLION-LIKE BEHAVIOR IN GELDINGS; References; CHAPTER 7. Clinical Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology of the Mare; REPRODUCTIVE ANATOMY; REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; References; CHAPTER 8. Clinical Aspects of Seasonality in Mares; SEASONAL REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS; CLINICAL ASPECTS OF SEASONALITY; CONCLUSIONS; References; CHAPTER 9. Clinical Examination of the Nonpregnant Equine Female Reproductive Tract; COMPONENTS OF THE EXAMINATION

TRANSRECTAL PALPATION AND THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF SEASON, OVARIAN ACTIVITY, UTERINE TONE, AND CERVICAL RELAXATIONADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATION OF INTERNAL UTERINE HEALTH; References; CHAPTER 10. Control and Synchronization of the Estrous Cycle and Ovulation; INDUCTION AND SYNCHRONIZATION OF ESTRUS; INDUCTION AND SYNCHRONIZATION OF OVULATION; POSTPARTUM MARES; HORMONAL MANAGEMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ESTRUS; References; CHAPTER 11. Pregnancy Evaluation in the Mare; BEHAVIOR; PALPATION PER RECTUM; VAGINAL SPECULUM EXAMINATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; References

CHAPTER 12. Retained Fetal Membranes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4377-1340-8

OCLC:

861539028