Genomic tools are now available for most livestock species and are used routinely for
genomic selection (GS) in cattle. One of the most important developments resulting from the …

Milk yields> 10,000 kg/year are common in modern dairy production, owing to improved
nutrition, management and genetics gains through use of progeny-tested bulls. However …

Background Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for specific genes
involved in reproduction might improve reliability of genomic estimates for these low …

Establishment of pregnancy in cattle is complex and encompasses ovulation, fertilization,
blastocyst formation and growth into an elongated conceptus, pregnancy recognition …

Decrease in fertility and conception rates is a major cause of economic loss and cow culling
in dairy herds. Conception rate is the product of fertilization rate and embryonic survival rate …

The decline in the reproductive efficiency of dairy cows, especially those with high producing
potential, has become a challenging problem. In this study, a selective DNA pooling …

Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from preexisting ones, is critical to luteal
structure and function. In addition, it is a complex and tightly regulated process. Not only …

Fertilization and development of the preimplantation embryo is under genetic control. The
present goal was to test 434 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for association with …

Increasing fertility in dairy cattle is an important goal. Male infertility represents a part of the
overall infertility in dairy cattle and can be partitioned into compensatory and …

Previously, we constructed an in vitro fertilization system for the identification of genes
affecting fertility traits in dairy cattle. The efficiency of this system has been demonstrated by …