Dairy Reproduction and Genetics Technical Articles
Article published the October 18, 2021:
BackgroundProviding adequate amounts of essential minerals is critical to maintain health and maximize productivity of dairy cows (NRC, 2001). Organic minerals can be described as nutritionally essential minera...
Article published the April 20, 2021:
ObjectiveThe aim of this work was to compare the parameters of an in vitro embryo production program of cows of different breeds in Paraguay.Materials and methodsA total of 4811 OPU sessions were performed betw...
Article published the April 9, 2021:
IntroductionGenetic variability of livestock populations is fading. This is due, in part, to genetic improvement programs (FAO, 1998; Gutiérrez and Goyache, 2005). Boichard et al. (1997) mentioned that c...
Article published the January 22, 2021:
Article published the October 26, 2020:
INTRODUCTIONBovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) has been classified within the genus Pestivirus of the family Flaviviridae (Wengler et al., 1995). It has a positive single-stranded RNA genome of approximately 12...
Article published the July 11, 2019:
IntroductionThe many hormones, growth factors and cell types involved in bovine mammary gland development and lactation make the elucidation of their roles difficult; a representative in vitro model of lactatio...
Article published the February 28, 2019:
Article published the May 10, 2018:
Background Since the initial development of in vitro embryo production, the technique has been applied successfully to many species for clinical, commercial, and research purposes. In the early days, it was com...
Article published the October 26, 2017:
IntroductionBone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) is a member of the transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) superfamily, which controls numerous events of embryonic, fetal and even adult development in verte...
Article published the August 3, 2017:
Introduction In non-ruminants, the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR) play a crucial role in the regulation of fatty acid metabolism and inflammatory responses [1]. The PPAR family is composed o...