Laboratory Production of Cattle Embryos / Edition 2

by Ian Gordon

Overview

Cattle oocyte recovery and maturation, in vitro fertilization and embryo cryopreservation and transfer are techniques that permit cows to produce calves of a genetic quality and composition quite unlike that of the surrogate mother herself. The same techniques are also basic to progress in cattle cloning and the production of transgenes. The new edition of this book reviews advances in embryo production technology, based on some 3500 reports that have appeared since the first edition was published in 1994. The work emphasizes the common ground existing between those working in cattle and human embryology and the opportunities for gaining new knowledge and a greater understanding of the reproductive processes in the two species.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851996660
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	09/22/2003
Series:	Biotechnology in Agriculture Series , #27
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	592
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

I. Gordon is at the Department of Animal Science and Production, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Developments in Embryo In Vitro Production (IVP) Technology
Chapter 2: The Bovine Oestrous Cycle and Associated Events
Chapter 3: Recovering the Bovine Oocyte
Chapter 4: Maturing the Bovine Oocyte
Chapter 5: Capacitating Bovine Sperm
Chapter 6: In Vitro Fertilization
Chapter 7: Culturing and Evaluating the Early Bovine Embryo
Chapter 8: Preservation of Embryos and Oocytes
Chapter 9: Establishing Pregnancies with IVP- Embryos
Chapter 10: Embryos and Oocytes in Research and Commercial Practice
Appendices

Editorial Reviews

"I can only finish this review by congratulating the author upon the production of one of the best reference books I have ever seen."

Agricultural Science

Reviews of the First Edition: "This book is very well written, explains all techniques in a concise but always clear way. Readers will get an enormous amount of information...The style is enjoyable and the book is an invaluable resource. It is, and will remain without doubt, the standard monograph in the field for many years."

Livestock Production Science

Reviews of the Second Edition: "I am sure this book, again for this second edition, will be a great success and the author should certainly be commended to have made this effort."

EAAP News

Reviews of the Second Edition: "I am sure this book, again for this second edition, will be a great success and the author should certainly be commended to have made this effort."

"I can only finish this review by congratulating the author upon the production of one of the best reference books I have ever seen."

Reviews of the First Edition: "This book is very well written, explains all techniques in a concise but always clear way. Readers will get an enormous amount of information...The style is enjoyable and the book is an invaluable resource. It is, and will remain without doubt, the standard monograph in the field for many years."

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