Pregnancy losses negatively affect the cattle industry, impacting economic indices and
consequently the entire production chain. Early embryonic failure has been an important …

Simple Summary With conventional breeding practices, even the best dairy/beef cows will
likely produce no more than half-a-dozen calves in their lifetimes; a crime, would you not …

Transition period is a critical time for dairy cows because a large proportion of clinical and
subclinical diseases are observed in the first month after parturition. Occurrence of negative …

The current article presents the state of the art of the creation of bioreservoirs of
cryopreserved somatic and stem cell lines and cryopreserved or lyophilized germplasm …

Genomic selection has transformed the livestock industry, enabling early-life selection of
animals. Biopsy sampling of pre-implantation embryos has been described since 1968 …

Materials and Methods: Nine bulls with normal fresh semen (NFS) or poor fresh semen
(PFS) motility were ejaculated for semen. Semen ejaculates, including volume, motility, and …

The association between embryo morphokinetics and its developmental competence is well
documented. For instance, early cleaved embryos are more competent in developing to …

Cryopreservation of oocytes is an important tool for preserving genetic resources and for
farm animals breeding. Processes taking place during vitrification affect oocytes and result in …

Conventionally, bovine in vitro-produced (IVP) embryos for transfer are morphologically
evaluated at day 7–8 of embryo culture, as recommended by the International Embryo …

Transposable elements (TE) are abundant genetic elements that are suppressed in somatic
cells under normal conditions. TEs are known to become transcriptionally active in the early …