Reproductive Management Technical Articles
Article published the February 28, 2019:
Article published the February 14, 2019:
INTRODUCTION
Nigeria is the world’s most populous black nation with over 140 million people (13), however, with relatively low number of food animals to the teaming population (5). Demographic figures in...
Article published the December 6, 2018:
1. Fatty acids formulation: changes in nutritionists approach, questions to be answered
The aspects abovementioned are quite well-known by nutritionist, and do not constitute major concerns for them. On th...
Article published the October 10, 2018:
When a cow becomes pregnant, some of the nutrients it consumes will be used by the developing calf. There is no other time in the calf’s life when the development of tissues, organs and systems is occurri...
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 c...
Article published the March 22, 2018:
Introduction
The periparturient period in dairy cows is characterized by substantial metabolic stress, endocrine changes, depressed feed intake, and negative energy balance [1]. In response to these changes, d...
Article published the March 15, 2018:
Introduction
Acquisition of passive immunity is essential to calf health and growth. Provision of IgG using colostrum replacer (CR) products is increasingly common in the industry, but few data are available t...
Article published the October 5, 2017:
Introduction
The transition period, 3 weeks before to 3 weeks after parturition, is important for health, reproduction, production and profitability of dairy cows (Bertoni et al., 2008). In this period cows ar...
Article published the September 28, 2017:
1. Introduction
Social licking is defined as the act of one individual licking the body of another [1]. This behavior is routinely observed at birth when the dam licks her offspring [2], at courtship when th...
Article published the March 29, 2017:
Introduction
Testicular temperature of bulls must be 2 to 6° C cooler than body temperature to allow normal spermatogenesis and maturation of sperm. Exposure of bulls to increased ambient temperatures resu...