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Beef Reproductive Technology Adoption- Impact of Production Risk and Capitals [PDF]

Agriculture, Beef, Artificial insemination, Estrus synchronization, Social capital, Production risk, Technology adoption, Farm Management,
Poock, Scott, Rees, Lisa, Patterson, David J., Smith, Michael F., Parcell, Joseph L.   +4 more
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Embryo donation families : mothers' decisions regarding disclosure of donor conception [PDF]

BACKGROUND: Previous data suggest that parents who adopt a child tend to support full disclosure while donor conception families prefer to keep the method of conception relatively private.
Golombok, Susan, MacCallum, Fiona
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Basal body temperature as a biomarker of reproductive state in ewes: A multi‐method comparison

Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
This study quantified body temperature dynamics throughout reproductive stages in crossbred ewes based on complementary monitoring techniques. Five ewes from a semi‐extensive farming system were included in two sub‐trials: animals were first assessed in the prepubertal stage and, subsequently, an oestrous cycle was induced by intravaginal progesterone ...
E Pérez‐García, J Nieto de la Losa, JA Abecia, J Plaza, C Palacios Riocerezo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Magical Realist Hauntings in Children's Everyday Encounters With Death, or, How to Believe in Impossible Things

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Modern deaths have become reiterations. That is, despite exhibiting a seemingly high‐level of diversity in death's representations in everyday lives, death suffers from a particular onto‐epistemological poverty that prevents it from being imagined otherwise.
Zhaoxi Zheng, Rebecca E. Olson, Sally Staton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policing Procreation: Prisoners, Artificial Insemination and the Law

, 2006
This article explores the implications of two recent case law decisions in the UK in which prisoners and their partners have sought to utilise the European Convention of Human Rights to challenge the refusal by the Prison Service to provide access to ...
Codd, Helen
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TRIALS FOR IMPROVING REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS OF BALADI BUCKS USING FEED ADDITIVES [PDF]

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 2002
El-Sheshtawy R.I., Ahmed W.M., Hanafi E.M., Shalaby S.I.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The use of infrared thermography to detect the stages of estrus cycle and ovulation time in anatolian shepherd dogs

Journal of Animal Science and Technology, 2017
Background The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of thermographic monitoring, using the temperature changes of perianal and perivulvar areas for the determination of estrus in Anatolian Shepherd bitches.
Kemal Tuna Olğaç, Ergun Akçay, Beste Çil, Burak Mehmet Uçar, Ali Daşkın   +4 more
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Evaluating Selection Strategies Based on Inbreeding Load via Simulation

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Inbreeding load is the fraction of the mutation load that is due to recessive action of mutations. This load is only expressed in individual's inbred offspring. As such, inbreeding load contributes to genetic heterogeneity among individuals and can thus be used as a criterion of selection.
Simona Antonios, Jana Obšteter, Ivan Pocrnic, Gregor Gorjanc, Silvia T. Rodríguez‐Ramilo, Zulma G. Vitezica   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Cholesterol‐Loaded Cyclodextrin and Resveratrol Compounds on Post‐Thawing Quality of Ram Semen

Veterinary Medicine and Science
Ram sperm are more vulnerable to freezing than those of most other farm animals. During sperm freezing, the cell membrane loses some of its cholesterol, which regulates signalling mechanisms and prevents premature capacitation.
Eser Ahmet, Arıcı Ramazan, Yağcıoğlu Selin, Sandal Asiye İzem, Ersoy Nur, Demir Kamber, Evecen Mithat, Ak Kemal   +7 more
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Association of atherogenic index of plasma with gestational diabetes mellitus and birth weight outcomes, and the mediating role of blood glucose

Journal of Diabetes Investigation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims This study aimed to examine the associations of maternal first‐trimester atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and birth weight outcomes, and the mediating role of second‐trimester blood glucose. Methods This prospective cohort study included 5,706 pregnant women without pre‐existing diabetes or other ...
Doudou Zhao, Yanfang Song, Nan Li, Yu Zhang, Yiting Li, Kangxin Wang, Yang Mi, Lei Shang, Pengfei Qu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source