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Current concepts in bovine reproduction / / A. Kumaresan, A. K. Srivastava, editors
| Current concepts in bovine reproduction / / A. Kumaresan, A. K. Srivastava, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (344 pages) |
| Disciplina | 636.208926 |
| Soggetto topico | Cattle - Reproduction |
| ISBN | 981-19-0116-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910578692503321 |
| Singapore : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Frontier technologies in bovine reproduction / / edited by A. Kumaresan, A. K. Srivastava
| Frontier technologies in bovine reproduction / / edited by A. Kumaresan, A. K. Srivastava |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (344 pages) |
| Disciplina | 905 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cattle - Reproduction
Bestiar boví Reproducció Biotecnologia |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN | 981-19-3072-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors -- 1: Introduction -- References -- 2: Application of Ultrasonography in Bovine Reproduction -- 2.1 Ultrasonographic Imaging of Ovarian Structures -- 2.1.1 Imaging of Follicle -- 2.1.2 Imaging of Corpus Luteum -- 2.1.3 Imaging of Uterus -- 2.1.4 Biometry of the Utero-Ovarian Structures -- 2.2 Ultrasonographic Characterization of Folliculogenesis and Luteal Development -- 2.2.1 Ovarian Follicular Dynamics -- 2.2.2 Ovarian Luteal Dynamics -- 2.3 Role of Ultrasound in Diagnosing Physiologic Reproductive Events and Its Variations -- 2.3.1 Diagnosis of Oestrum and Its Aberrations -- 2.3.2 Diagnosis of Ovulation and Its Disturbances -- 2.3.3 Diagnosis of Pregnancy -- 2.3.4 Assessment of Gestational Age -- 2.3.5 Foetal Gender Determination -- 2.3.6 Diagnosis of Abnormal Pregnancies -- 2.4 Role of Ultrasonography in Diagnosing Infertile Conditions -- 2.4.1 Diagnosis of Cystic Degeneration -- 2.4.2 Anoestrum -- 2.4.3 Endometritis -- 2.4.4 Diagnosing Congenital or Acquired Anomalies -- 2.5 Utero-Ovarian Haemodynamics and Doppler Imaging -- 2.5.1 Basic Principles of Doppler Ultrasonography -- 2.5.2 Follicular Vascularity -- 2.6 Peri-Follicular Blood Flow and Its Effect on Ovulation -- 2.6.1 Intensity of Blood Flow -- 2.6.2 Blood Flow Parameters in Relation to Ovulation -- 2.7 Luteal Vascularity -- 2.7.1 Luteal Vascularity During Normal Cycle -- 2.7.2 Luteal Vascularity During Pregnancy -- 2.8 Utero-Ovarian Haemodynamics in Disturbed Fertility -- 2.8.1 Blood Flow Parameters in Relation to Anoestrum -- 2.8.2 Blood Flow Parameters in Relation to Cystic Degeneration -- 2.9 Conclusion -- References -- 3: Infrared Thermal Imaging and Its Application in Animal Reproduction -- 3.1 History and Applications of Infrared Thermography -- 3.2 Medical Infrared Thermography.
3.3 Application of Infrared Thermography (IRT) in Veterinary Medicine -- 3.3.1 Body Temperature Measurement -- 3.4 An Overview on Application of Infrared Thermography in Livestock and Poultry -- 3.5 Application of Infrared Thermography in Animal Reproduction -- 3.5.1 Infrared Thermography in Monitoring Estrous Cycle and Ovulation in Cattle -- 3.5.2 Infrared Thermography to Monitor Testicular Thermoregulation in Cattle and Buffaloes -- 3.5.3 IRT and Skin Temperature Differences of Peri-Vulvar Area During Estrus in Ewes -- 3.5.4 Application of IRT in Testicular Thermoregulation and Monitoring Estrus in Mares -- 3.5.5 Application of IRT for Estrus Detection and Prediction of Ovulation in Pigs -- 3.6 Application of IRT in Reproduction of Other Mammals and Birds -- 3.7 Factors Influencing Thermographic Imaging -- 3.8 Conclusion -- References -- 4: Technological Advancements for Early Pregnancy Diagnosis in Cattle and Buffaloes -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Physiology of Pregnancy in Bovines -- 4.2.1 Prostaglandins -- 4.2.2 Progesterone -- 4.2.3 Signals from Placenta (Peri-Implantation Trophoblasts) -- 4.2.3.1 IFN-Tau (IFNT) -- 4.2.3.2 Placental Progesterone -- 4.2.3.3 Placental Estrogen -- 4.2.3.4 Placental Androgens -- 4.2.3.5 Chorionic Gonadotrophins -- 4.2.3.6 Pregnancy-Specific Members of the Prolactin and Growth Hormone from Placenta -- 4.2.3.7 Prolactin -- 4.2.3.8 Prolactin-Related Protein (PRP) -- 4.2.3.9 Relaxin/Insulin-like Family Peptides -- 4.3 Pregnancy Diagnosis in Bovine -- 4.3.1 Ideal Samples -- 4.3.2 PD by Rectal Palpation -- 4.3.3 Transrectal Ultrasonography -- 4.3.4 Blood Test -- 4.3.4.1 Pregnancy-Specific Protein (PSP) -- 4.3.4.2 Early Pregnancy Factor (EPF) -- 4.3.4.3 Pregnancy Associated Glycoproteins (PAGs) -- 4.3.4.4 PAG as Indicator of Embryonic Mortality -- 4.4 Early Pregnancy Associated Transcripts from Uterus and Embryo. 4.4.1 Interferon-Stimulated Genes -- 4.4.2 miRNAs as Potential Biomarkers for Pregnancy Diagnosis -- 4.5 Advanced Computer Aided Data Collection and Use in Pregnancy Diagnosis -- 4.6 Proteomics-Based Studies to Discover Early Pregnancy Biomarkers -- 4.7 Commercially Available Kits -- 4.7.1 Progesterone Based -- 4.7.2 Enzyme Immunoassays (EIA) Using P4 -- 4.7.3 Kit Based on Estrone Sulfate -- 4.7.4 Kits Based on EPF -- 4.7.5 PAG-Based Tests -- 4.8 Conclusion -- References -- 5: Bull Sperm Selection for Assisted Reproduction -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Assisted Reproduction in Cattle -- 5.2.1 Sperm Preparation for Artificial Insemination -- 5.2.2 Sperm Preparation for Embryo Transfer -- 5.2.3 Sperm Preparation for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection -- 5.3 Why Select Spermatozoa? -- 5.4 Biomimetic Sperm Selection Methods -- 5.4.1 Sperm Selection by Migration -- 5.4.2 Sperm Selection by Magnetic Activated Cell Sorting -- 5.4.3 Sperm Selection by Colloid Centrifugation -- 5.5 Uses of Colloid Centrifugation in Bovine Assisted Reproduction Technologies -- 5.5.1 Early Uses of Colloid Centrifugation -- 5.5.2 Colloid Centrifugation to Improve Sperm Quality Pre-Freezing -- 5.5.3 Colloid Centrifugation to Improve Sperm Quality Post-Freezing -- 5.5.4 Colloid Centrifugation to Prepare Thawed Spermatozoa for IVF -- 5.6 Future Uses of Colloid Centrifugation -- 5.6.1 Colloid Centrifugation as an Indicator of Fertility -- 5.6.2 Improving the Sperm Quality of Young Bulls -- 5.6.3 Removal of Seminal Plasma -- 5.6.4 Separation of Spermatozoa from Pathogens in Semen -- 5.7 Conclusions -- References -- 6: Nano Purification of Semen: A Novel Technique for Enrichment of Superior Quality Spermatozoa -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Spermatozoa Subpopulation and Their Relationship with Fertility -- 6.3 Semen Purification Techniques -- 6.3.1 Sperm Washing. 6.3.2 Sperm Migration/Swim-Up -- 6.3.3 Filtration -- 6.3.4 Colloid Centrifugation -- 6.4 Nano Purification -- 6.4.1 Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoparticles -- 6.5 Application of Nanotechnology in Reproductive Biomedicine -- 6.6 Magnetic Nanoparticle (MNP) Based Semen Enrichment for Superior Spermatozoa -- 6.7 Negative Biomarker-Based Sperm Selection -- 6.7.1 Ubiquitin -- 6.7.2 Lectins -- 6.7.3 Annexins -- 6.8 Safety of Using Iron Nanoparticles in Semen Nano Purification -- 6.9 Perspective and Prospective -- References -- 7: Sperm Transcriptome Sequencing for Predicting Bull Fertility: Concepts, Facts and Future Directions -- 7.1 Why Do Sperm Carry RNA? -- 7.2 Verify, Contest and Accept -- 7.3 Importance of Whole Transcriptome Profiling for Sperm -- 7.4 Isolation of Sperm RNA -- 7.5 Library Preparation and RNA-Seq -- 7.6 Bioinformatics Analysis of Sperm RNA -- 7.7 Transcript Composition and Quantification -- 7.8 Functional Profiling of Sperm RNAs -- 7.9 Sperm RNA Expression Pattern Can Be Used to Predict Bull Fertility Potential -- 7.10 Sperm RNA Retained Regions and Predicting Fertility -- 7.11 Splicing Mechanisms in Sperm -- 7.12 Non-coding RNAs in Sperm -- 7.13 Sperm microRNA -- 7.14 Sperm Long Non-coding RNA -- 7.15 Sperm Reverse Transcriptase Activity -- 7.16 Future Directions -- 7.17 Conclusion -- References -- 8: Semen Proteomics and Metabolomics: Emerging Tools for Discovering Fertility Markers -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Semen Proteomics and Male Fertility -- 8.3 Techniques for Semen Proteomic Studies -- 8.3.1 Gel-Based Method -- 8.3.2 High-Throughput Shotgun Method -- 8.4 Approaches in Fertility Biomarker Discoveries -- 8.4.1 Selection of Bulls for the Studies -- 8.4.2 Experimental Procedure and Methods -- 8.5 Major Proteomic Biomarkers Identified in Sperm and Seminal Plasma -- 8.5.1 Bovine Seminal Plasma (BSP) Proteins. 8.5.2 Alpha Enolase -- 8.5.3 ATP5D -- 8.5.4 MDH2 -- 8.5.5 Osteopontin (OPN) -- 8.5.6 Thimet Oligopeptidase-1 (TOP1) -- 8.6 Semen Metabolomics and Male Fertility -- 8.7 Interaction of Metabolites Between Sperm and Seminal Plasma -- 8.8 Association of Metabolites with Fertility -- 8.9 Perspective and Prospective -- References -- 9: Spermatogonial Stem Cells: Their Use in Fertility Restoration -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Origin of SSCs -- 9.3 SSC Niche Regulate Their Self-Renewal -- 9.4 SSC Transplantation for Fertility Restoration -- 9.5 Isolation and Enrichment of SSCs -- 9.6 Characterization of SSCs -- 9.7 In Vitro Propagation of SSCs -- 9.8 SSC Transfer Techniques -- 9.8.1 Selection of Donors -- 9.8.2 Preparation of Recipients -- 9.8.3 Depletion of Recipient´s Endogenous SSCs -- 9.8.4 Recent Advancements in Improving the Efficiency of Transplantation -- 9.9 Determining the Fate of Donor SSCs Following Transplantation -- 9.10 Production of Live Offspring Following SSC Transplantation -- 9.11 Conclusion and Future Prospective -- References -- 10: Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer in Livestock Production -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Assisted Reproduction in Livestock Production -- 10.3 Purpose of MOET -- Box 10.1. Summary of Various Steps Followed in Typical MOET -- 10.4 Drugs Used in SOET and MOET -- 10.5 SOET and MOET in Various Animals -- 10.5.1 MOET in Cattle -- 10.5.2 MOET in Camelids -- 10.5.3 MOET in Equines -- 10.5.4 MOET in Buffaloes -- 10.6 Prospects and Challenges of MOET -- References -- 11: Ovum Pick-Up and In Vitro Embryo Production in Bovine -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 In Vivo Versus In Vitro Embryo Production Systems -- 11.3 Understanding the Technology: Critical Look Through the Steps -- 11.4 World Scenario of Embryo Production Through OPU-IVEP -- 11.5 Genomics and OPU-IVEP: A Whole New Perspective -- 11.6 Epilogue -- References. 12: Milestones and Recent Developments in Farm Animal Cloning. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910585787303321 |
| Singapore : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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