There has been an improvement in the blastocyst rates achieved following in-vitro embryo
production that can largely be attributed to improved embryo culture conditions based on an …

Building on the successful structure of the first edition, the second edition of Reproductive
Technologies in Farm Animals has been totally updated and revised to provide an up to date …

The impact of successful cryopreservation of spermatozoa can be found in many fields,
including agriculture, laboratory animal medicine, and human assisted reproduction …

The role of endogenous lipid in the provision of energy during in vitro maturation of
immature porcine oocytes has been studied. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer …

The ability to add or delete specific genes in swine will likely provide considerable benefits
not just to agriculture but also to medicine, where pigs have potential as models for human …

NUCLEAR TRANSFER is a procedure by which genetically identical individuals can be
created. The applications of these techniques for nuclear transfer will be in agricultural …

The pig is an important livestock animal. Biotechnological interest in this species has
increased due to its use, among others, in the generation of transgenic animals for use in …

Since the pig is not only an important farm animal, but also a model animal for biomedical
applications, the development of reproductive technologies in this species has been very …

In mice and other mammals, spermatogenesis is maintained by spermatogonial stem cells
(SSCs), a cell population belonging to undifferentiated type A spermatogonia. In the …

Genetically modified domestic animals have many potential applications ranging from basic
research to production agriculture. One of the goals in transgenic animal production …