Genomic selection combined with in vitro embryo production (IVEP) with oocytes from heifer calves provides a powerful technology platform to reduce generation interval and …
Age at first calving (AFC) plays an important role in the economic efficiency of beef cattle production. This trait can be affected by a combination of genetic and environmental factors …
LU Gimenes, ML Ferraz, P Fantinato-Neto… - Theriogenology, 2015 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to determine the optimal phase of the follicular wave to perform ovum pickup (OPU) for in vitro embryo production (IVEP) in various genetic groups …
The molecular interactions between the maternal environment and the developing embryo are key for early pregnancy success and are influenced by factors such as maternal …
Simple Summary The extracellular matrix (ECM) is involved in many physiological processes that occur in the ovary and affect reproduction in animals and humans. The ECM …
JR Roche, CR Burke, S Meier… - Animal Production …, 2011 - CSIRO Publishing
Dairy cow fertility has declined in recent decades, coincidental with large increases in milk production. Cows take longer to return to oestrus, display poorer signs of oestrus, have …
J Leroy, V Van Hoeck, M Clemente, D Rizos… - Human …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Obesity is associated with female reproductive abnormalities. Hyperlipidaemia might alter the embryonic micro-environment and potentially result in …
MC Lucy - Reproduction, fertility and development, 2011 - CSIRO Publishing
The somatotropic axis–consisting of growth hormone (GH), the insulin-like growth factors 1 and 2 (IGF1 and IGF2), GH binding protein (GHBP), IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs) 1 to 6 …
AV Sirotkin - Journal of cellular physiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The present review demonstrates an important role of different growth factors (of insulin‐like growth factors, epidermal growth factors, vascular endothelial growth factor, thrombopoietin …