Laboratory production of cattle embryos /

• Main Author: Gordon, Ian, 1928- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003.
• Edition: Second edition.
• Series: Biotechnology in agriculture series ; no. 27.
• Subjects: Livestock > Embryos.; Livestock > Embryos > Transplantation.; Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000); Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000); Animal Tissue and Cell Culture.; Cell, Tissue and Embryo Manipulation, (New June 2002); Cattle.; Animal breeding.; Capacitation.; Cryopreservation.; Embryo culture.; Embryo transfer.; Embryonic development.; Embryos.; In vitro culture.; In vitro fertilization.; Oestrous cycle.; Oocyte maturation.; Oocytes.; Reproduction.; Spermatozoa.; Electronic books.
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This second edition of Laboratory Production of Cattle Embryos reviews advances in embryo production technology, with emphasis on the common ground between cattle and human embryology. The 10 chapters discuss developments in embryo in vitro production (IVP) technology, the oestrous cycle, oocyte rec...

Table of Contents:

• Developments in Embryo in Vitro Production (IVP) Technology
• The Bovine Oestrous Cycle and Associated Events
• Recovering the Bovine Oocyte
• Maturing the Bovine Oocyte
• Capacitating Bovine Sperm
• In Vitro Fertilization
• Culturing and Evaluating the Early Bovine Embryo
• Preservation of Embryos and Oocytes
• Establishing Pregnancies with IVP Embryos
• Embryos and Oocytes in Research and Commerce.