▪ Abstract Molecular chaperones, including the heat-shock proteins (Hsps), are a ubiquitous
feature of cells in which these proteins cope with stress-induced denaturation of other …

Establishment and maintenance of pregnancy is difficult in lactating dairy cows exposed to
heat stress because of reductions in estrous detection rate and the proportion of …

Environmentally induced periods of heat stress decrease productivity with devastating
economic consequences to global animal agriculture. Heat stress can be defined as a …

3000 new references added since the first editionGives information necessary to produce
embryos totally through in vitro techniques Shows commercial applications of embryo and …

Heat stress causes a large decline in pregnancy success per insemination during warm
times of the year. Improvements in fertility are possible by exploiting knowledge about how …

Recent advances in molecular technology and in vitro production of bovine embryos have
enabled studies of gene transcription in preimplantation embryos. On the basis of …

Assisted reproduction technologies have made great progress during the last 15 years in
most mammalian species, including humans. Growing evidence indicates that bovine pre …

In preimplantation bovine embryos, the relative abundance of various developmentally
important gene transcripts was determined by a semi‐quantitative RT‐PCR assay to analyze …

The objective was to determine whether exposure of Gir (Bos indicus) cows to heat-stress
(HS) causes immediate and delayed deleterious effect on follicular dynamics, hormonal …

Various pathological stimuli such as radiation, environmental toxicants, oxidative stress, and
heat shock can initiate apoptosis in mammalian oocytes. Experiments were performed to …