Description
Book SynopsisThis book is the final one in a set of four providing a series on controlled reproduction in farm animals. The aim of the series is to provide a general review of the literature dealing with the different ways in which reproduction in the major farm mammals can be controlled and manipulated. The four volumes are effectively an expanded and new edition of a previous work, Controlled Breeding in Farm Animals (Pergamon Press, 1983). However, the literature on this subject has expanded so rapidly since the time of the earlier volume, that it is now thought appropriate to publish it in four separate volumes. Buffaloes, goats, deer and camelids have been added to the species covered by the series compared to the previous book. All volumes provide comprehensive reference lists and are fully up-to-date. This final volume focuses on horses, deer and camelids (camels, llamas and alpacas). All of these animals are attracting increasing attention for either leisure pursuits, meat or fibre producti
Table of Contents1: Introduction to controlled reproduction in horses 2: The mare's oestrous cycle and seasonal breeding activity 3: Artificial control of oestrus and ovulation in the mare 4: Pregnancy testing in mares 5: Control of foaling 6: Embryo transfer and in vitro fertilization in horses 7: Controlled reproduction in deer 8: Controlled reproduction in camelids
