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Animal reproductive biology

Edited by: Professor Fuller Bazer
for Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Regarding animal agriculture, reproductive efficiency is a major limitation in many cases to economic success of the livestock enterprise. In this Special Issue devoted to reproductive biology, the papers present results from very basic discovery research that advances understanding of cross-talk between the uterus and conceptus in swine and ruminants and rodents to translational research and technological advances that enhance efficiencies and success of strategies for reproductive management of breeding programs. The findings represent contributions of research with livestock species that are relevant to both animal agriculture and to the biomedical community as small human babies tend to suffer from adult onset of metabolic diseases.

  2. Inadequate delivery of nutrients results in intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), which is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in livestock. In ruminants, inadequate nutrition during pregnanc...

    Authors: Kathrin A Dunlap, Jacob D Brown, Ashley B Keith and M Carey Satterfield
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2015 6:16
    Content type: Review Published on:

  4. Osteopontin (OPN; also known as Secreted Phosphoprotein 1, SPP1) is a secreted extra-cellular matrix (ECM) protein that binds to a variety of cell surface integrins to stimulate cell-cell and cell-ECM adhesion...

    Authors: Greg A Johnson, Robert C Burghardt and Fuller W Bazer
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2014 5:56
    Content type: Review Published on:

  5. Litter size and birth weights are limited by uterine capacity, defined as the ability of the uterus to maintain the appropriate development of some number of conceptuses. Uterine capacity is the result of the ...

    Authors: Jeffrey L Vallet, Anthony K McNeel, Jeremy R Miles and Bradley A Freking
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2014 5:55
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  6. The majority of pregnancy loss in ruminants occurs during the first three weeks after conception, particularly during the period of conceptus elongation that occurs prior to pregnancy recognition and implantat...

    Authors: Kelsey Brooks, Greg Burns and Thomas E Spencer
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2014 5:53
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  8. Establishment of pregnancy in pigs involves maintaining progesterone secretion from the corpora lutea in addition to regulating a sensitive interplay between the maternal immune system and attachment of the ra...

    Authors: Rodney D Geisert, Matthew C Lucy, Jeffrey J Whyte, Jason W Ross and Daniel J Mathew
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2014 5:51
    Content type: Review Published on: