An update on the potential for male contraception: emerging options [PDF]
Open Access Journal of Contraception, 2013 Deborah A Garside,1 Ayman Gebril,2 Manal Alsaadi,2 Natalie Nimmo,2 Alexander B Mullen,2 Valerie A Ferro2 1Imperial College London, Faculty of Medicine, London, 2University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow,
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Advances in Contraceptive Vaccine Development: A Comprehensive Review [PDF]
VaccinesThe issues of uncontrolled global population growth and unintended pregnancies are severe, and the existing contraceptive methods have numerous limitations, making the development of novel contraceptive technologies urgent. Contraceptive vaccines offer a
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Laissez-Faire Stallions? Males’ Fecal Cortisol Metabolite Concentrations Do Not Vary with Increased Female Turnover in Feral Horses (Equus caballus) [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Stress responses can be triggered by several physical and social factors, prompting physiological reactions including increases in glucocorticoid concentrations.
Maggie M. Jones, Cassandra M. V. Nuñez
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Consequences of Porcine Zona Pellucida Immunocontraception to Feral Horses [PDF]
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2018 Porcine zona pellucida (PZP) immunocontraception was developed to provide a more humane, effective, and inexpensive method of population regulation for wildlife species.
Cassandra M.V. Nuñez
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Human sperm protein 116 kDa: a candidate antigen for immunocontraception technology
Journal of Biological Researches, 2014 Spermatozoa membrane antigenic protein utilize as the substance candidate of immunocontraception has important criteria, that are only expressed in spermatozoa, cannot be found in the other tissue, and also should not have kinase activities.
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Immunocontraception for managing feral cattle in Hong Kong. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Conflicts between human interests and feral cattle in Hong Kong derive from growing numbers of free-roaming cattle. Public antipathy towards lethal population control led the local authorities to consider fertility control to reduce cattle numbers.
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Comprehensive Evaluation and Future Perspectives of Non-Surgical Contraceptive Methods in Female Cats and Dogs [PDF]
AnimalsThe issue of stray cats and dogs is a global concern with considerable implications for animal welfare and public health. This review aims to provide an updated and comprehensive analysis of non-surgical contraceptive methods tested in studies controlled
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Immunocontraceptive potential of a GnRH receptor-based fusion recombinant protein [PDF]
Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2021 Background The management of stray dog population has been of utmost importance due to their overpopulation, increase in dog bites incidence, and rabies. Contraceptive vaccines, a non-surgical alternative to spaying and neutering are viewed as a valuable
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Human spermatozoa anti-proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 4 synthesis using New Zealand rabbit for novel immunocontraception in males [PDF]
Investigative and Clinical Urology, 2019 Purpose: Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 4 (PCSK4, a 54-kDa protease) is expressed in the plasma membrane of the acrosome in human spermatozoa. It plays a critical role in penetrating the zona pellucida. Synthesis of human anti-PCSK4 might be
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The detection of canine anti-sperm antibody following parenteral immunization of bitches against homogenized whole sperm [PDF]
Basic and Clinical Andrology, 2020 Résumé Contexte Le développement d’une méthode d’immunocontraception spécifique à la race canine constitue l’une des stratégies non invasives pour réduire humainement la population canine.
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