Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Hypothalamus and hypophyseal control of reproduction/V.P. Vadodaria. 2. Recent advances in the physiology of oestrous cycle and endocrine aberrations during certain reproductive disorders in cattle/H.C. Pant. 3. Role of prolactin in female buffalo reproduction/Jhamman Singh Arya and Motilal Madan. 4. Role of photoperiodicity in Buffalo reproduction/Jhamman Singh Arya and Motilal Madan. 5. Role of thyroid in production and reproduction in farm animals/V.P. Vadodaria. 6. Handling of radioisotopes and safety measures/Meera Vankatesh. 7. Principles and applications of radio-inmunoassays in biology and medicine/Meera Venkatesh. 8. Increasing reproductive efficiency and productivity of farm livestock especially those owned by small holder farmers/H.C. Pant. 9. Management for efficient reproduction in bovines/K.S. Patel and M.M. Trivedi. 10. Role of climate on breeding efficiency of bovines/Ashok M. Patel, K.N. Wadhwani and A.J. Pandya. 11. Improving reproduction of animals through nutrition/M.C. Desai and P.R. Pandya. 12. Role of micronutrients in augmenting animal reproduction/Subhash Parnerkar. 13. Feeding non conventional feeds with special reference to reproduction/M.B. Pande and P.R. Pandya. 14. Embryo transfer techniques in farm animals/Y.G. Dugwekar. 15. Superovulatory and Embryo transfer responses in buffaloes/R. Kasiraj. 16. Cryopreservation of Bovine Embryo/G.M. Siddiquee. 17. Recent advances in preservation of germplasm of domestic animals/H.J. Derashri. 18. Bovine reproduction problems - an overview/S.B. Kodagali. 19. Management of infertility in dairy animals/F.S. Kavani. 20. Recent advances in diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of surgical disorders in farm animals/D.B. Patil. 21. Induction of parturition in ruminants/G.M. Siddiquee. 22. Clinical andrological examination of bulls : Gujarat experiences/S.B. Kodagali. 23. Recent advances in goat reproduction (female aspects)/A.V. Patel and N.P. Sarvaiya. 24. Surgical embryo transfer in goats/Y.G. Dugwekar. 25. DNA techniques in animal reproduction/J.V. Solanki. 26. Cloning in animals/P.H. Vataliya. 27. Reverse micellie : a potential tool for biocatalysis in water restricted non-conventional environment/Datta Madamwar. 28. Application of Elisa in animal reproduction/A.V. Patel. Appendices: 1. Radio-immuno-assay procedures/Y.G. Dugwekar and N.P. Sarvaiya. 2. Embryo transfer techniques non-surgical for large animals (cattle/Buffalo)/Y.G. Dugwekar and N.P. Sarvaiya. 3. Surgical Embryo Transfer (ET) in goats procedure/Y.G. Dugwekar and N.P. Sarvaiya. 4. Cryo-preservation of embryos/Y.G. Dugwekar and N.P. Sarvaiya. 5. Laboratory protocol for PCR/D.N. Rank. Subject index.
"Since the beginning of civilization the goal of domestication of animals (Animal Husbandry) has been to produce quality food to feed the ever growing human population. As the 'production' directly depends on 'Reproduction', optimum rate of reproduction in food animals assumes significance. However, with the application of best animal husbandry practices including optimum feeding, breeding and management the increase in the rate of reproduction that can be achieved, is bound by the physiological limits. To cross this limit, and to produce more and more, to keep pace with the ever-growing human population, the application of bio-technological tools in animal reproduction is the only solution. This attracted researchers and research grants to support animal reproduction research all over the world. The result is, huge amount of information on animal reproduction being generated every day. The purpose of this book is to consolidate all this information and present it in a simple way for the benefit of the students, teachers and researchers in the field of animal biotechnology.
The book is based on the lectures delivered by eminent scientists in their respective fields, in an ICAR sponsored winter school, held at the reproductive biology research unit, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand. Each topic has been thoroughly discussed in a very lucid language." (jacket)
