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Table of Contents     |     Next Issue >>   Reproduction, Fertility and Development Volume 21 Number 1 2009 Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Embryo Transfer Society, San Diego, California, USA, 3–7 January 2009 Full Papers and Abstracts for Poster Presentation IETS 2009 author index  pp. 257-263 PDF (85 KB)   IETS 2009 abstracts  pp. 101-255 PDF (1.5 MB) - $50.00        Recipient of the 2009 IETS Pioneer Award: Stanley Paul Leibo, PhD  pp. xxv-xxvi PDF (133 KB)   Circadian clock genes in reproductive tissues and the developing conceptus  Hamid Dolatshad, Fred C. Davis and Martin H. Johnson pp. 1-9 Abstract     |    PDF (277 KB) - $25.00        Telomeres and reproductive aging  David L. Keefe and Lin Liu pp. 10-14 Abstract     |    PDF (192 KB) - $25.00        Spermatogonial stem cells: unlimited potential  M. Dym, Z. He, J. Jiang, D. Pant and M. Kokkinaki pp. 15-21 Abstract     |    PDF (576 KB) - $25.00        Embryonic gene expression profiling using microarray analysis  Sadie L. Marjani, Daniel Le Bourhis, Xavier Vignon, Yvan Heyman, Robin E. Everts, Sandra L. Rodriguez-Zas, Harris A. Lewin, Jean-Paul Renard, Xiangzhong Yang and X. Cindy Tian pp. 22-30 Abstract     |    PDF (208 KB) - $25.00        Genetic modification for bimaternal embryo development  Tomohiro Kono pp. 31-36 Abstract     |    PDF (229 KB) - $25.00        Nuclear transfer and oocyte cryopreservation  Ching-Chien Chang, Li-Ying Sung, Tomokazu Amano, X. Cindy Tian, Xiangzhong Yang and Zsolt Peter Nagy pp. 37-44 Abstract     |    PDF (687 KB) - $25.00        Cryopreservation of manipulated embryos: tackling the double jeopardy  A. Dinnyes and T. L. Nedambale pp. 45-59 Abstract     |    PDF (329 KB) - $25.00        Altered gene expression in cloned piglets  X. Cindy Tian, Joonghoon Park, Richard Bruno, Richard French, Le Jiang and Randall S. Prather pp. 60-66 Abstract     |    PDF (209 KB) - $25.00        Transcriptional heterogeneity in mouse embryonic stem cells  Tetsuya S. Tanaka pp. 67-75 Abstract     |    PDF (263 KB) - $25.00        Cloning endangered felids using heterospecific donor oocytes and interspecies embryo transfer  Martha C. Gómez, C. Earle Pope, David M. Ricks, Justine Lyons, Cherie Dumas and Betsy L. Dresser pp. 76-82 Abstract     |    PDF (237 KB) - $25.00        Cloning from stem cells: different lineages, different species, same story  Björn Oback pp. 83-94 Abstract     |    PDF (282 KB) - $25.00        A decade of progress since the birth of Dolly  Ian Wilmut, Gareth Sullivan and Jane Taylor pp. 95-100 Abstract     |    PDF (162 KB) - $25.00        1 EFFECT OF OXYGEN TENSION DURING IN VITRO MATURATION AND FERTILIZATION ON BOVINE EMBRYO PRODUCTION AND CUMULUS-OOCYTE-COMPLEX mRNA ABUNDANCE   P. Bermejo-Alvarez, D. Rizos, P. Lonergan and A. Gutierrez-Adan pp. 101-101 Abstract    |    Full Text      2 EVIDENCE FOR THE PRESENCE OF OVULATION-INDUCING FACTOR IN PORCINE AND EQUINE SEMINAL PLASMA  O. A. Bogle, D. Ambati, R. P. Davis and G. P. Adams pp. 101-101 Full Text      3 SELECTION OF UNFRAGMENTED-DNA SPERMATOZOA FROM HEAT STRESSED MICE BY FEMALE UTERINE TRACT AND ZONA PELUCIDA BINDING  J. D. Hourcade, M. Perez-Crespo, B. Pintado and A. Gutiérrez-Adán pp. 102-102 Full Text      4 THE HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE Suv39h2 ADOPTS A NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION DURING CLEAVAGE DEVELOPMENT IN PARTHENOGENETIC PORCINE EMBRYOS  C. M. Johnson and R. A. Cabot pp. 102-102 Full Text      5 INHIBITION OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS IN VITRO USING RNA INTERFERENCE  M. Peoples, S. Sadeghieh, E. Hwang, S. Chen, G. Hannon, C. Long and M. Westhusin pp. 103-103 Full Text      6 EFFECT OF TRICHOSTATIN A ON HISTONE ACETYLATION AND METHYLATION, EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT, AND IN VIVO VIABILITY OF INTER-SPECIES BLACK FOOTED CAT CLONED EMBRYOS  D. M. Ricks, J. Reiser, C. E. Pope, B. L. Dresser and M. C. Gómez pp. 103-103 Full Text      7 THE EFFECT OF A NOVEL RECOMBINANT PROTEASE TREATMENT ON BOVINE SPERM FERTILIZING CAPACITY AND EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO  J. T. Aaltonen, K. J. Mattson and N. M. Loskutoff pp. 104-104 Full Text      8 EFFECT OF CIRCULATING LEPTIN LEVELS AT SYNCHRONIZATION ON SUBSEQUENT FIXED-TIMED ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION PREGNANCY RATES IN CROSSBRED BEEF HEIFERS  G. T. Gentry, J. A. Pitchford, M. Chiasson, L. R. Gentry, K. R. Bondioli, D. L. Thompson and R. A. Godke pp. 104-104 Full Text      9 BIRTH OF CALVES AFTER ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION WITH CRYOPRESERVED BOVINE EPIDIDYMAL SPERMATOZOA HARVESTED FROM POSTMORTEM BULLS  C. A. Guerrero, G. Gentry, J. Saenz, K. R. Bondioli and R. A. Godke pp. 105-105 Full Text      10 POSTCERVICAL INSEMINATION OF SOWS WITH REDUCED SPERM NUMBERS IN FIELD CONDITIONS  I. Hernandez-Caravaca, M. J. Izquierdo-Rico and F. A. Garcia-Vazquez pp. 105-105 Full Text      11 CALF REMOVAL IMPROVES CO-SYNCH + CONTROLLED INTERNAL DRUG-RELEASE PREGNANCY RATES IN BEEF COWS  D. J. Kesler, D. B. Faulkner, F. A. Ireland, J. Dahlquist, S. Z. El-Zarkouny and C. E. Ferguson pp. 105-106 Full Text      12 PHARMACOLOGICAL STIMULATION OF OVULATION IN THE BLACK FLYING-FOX (PTEROPUS ALECTO)  D. F. Melville, E. G. Crichton, G. M. O'Brien and S. D. Johnston pp. 106-106 Full Text      13 SEASONAL CHANGES IN ION CONCENTRATION, ION-CHANNEL EXPRESSION, ACROSOME INTEGRITY, AND BOVINE SPERM QUALITY  S. Orgal and Z. Roth pp. 106-107 Full Text      14 SUBLETHAL HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE TREATMENT IMPROVES FRESH AND CHILLED BOAR SEMEN QUALITY IN VITRO AND IN VIVO  Cs. Pribenszky, M. Molnár, G. Kútvölgyi, A. Harnos, A. Horváth and I. Héjja pp. 107-107 Full Text      15 FERTILITY LEVELS IN EWES TREATED WITH MEDROXIPROGESTERONE ACETATE OR FLUOROGESTONE ACETATE SPONGES PLUS EQUINE CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE OESTRUS CYCLE  F. Requena, B. Escribano, P. Tovar and J. C. Gardón pp. 107-108 Full Text      16 INDUCTION OF FOLLICULAR TURNOVER TO IMPROVE FERTILITY IN DAIRY COWS EXPOSED TO SUMMER HEAT STRESS  Z. Roth, E. Friedman, Y. Lavon and D. Wolfenson pp. 108-108 Full Text      17 THE EFFECT OF EXOGENOUS PROGESTERONE ON CONCEPTION RATE OF COOLED COWS DURING THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN  D. Wolfenson, E. Friedman, Y. Lavon and Z. Roth pp. 108-109 Full Text      18 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MULTIPLE OVULATIONS AND CONCEPTION IN LACTATING DAIRY COWS  H. Yoshioka, H. Matsuda, Y. Yamanouchi, Y. Aoki, K. Konishi and K. Imai pp. 109-109 Full Text      19 OPTIMIZATION OF ENUCLEATION TIME AFTER IVM FOR SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER IN GOAT  G. S. Ajithkumar, B. Krishnamohan and B. C. Sarkhel pp. 109-110 Full Text      20 IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF DAYS 17 AND 19 OVINE IN VIVO AND SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS  N. I. Alexopoulos, K. Schauser, M. K. Holland, T. T. Peura, K. M. Hartwich, S. K. Walker, N. T. D'Cruz, A. J. French and P. Maddox-Hyttel pp. 110-110 Full Text      21 CLONING OF ANATOLIAN GREY BULL  S. Arat, A. Tas, H. Bagis, H. Sagirkaya, Y. Nak, D. Nak, T. Akkoc and G. Cetinkaya pp. 110-111 Full Text      22 VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR mRNA EXPRESSION IN FETAL MEMBRANES DURING EARLY PREGNANCY AS A BIOMARKER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROPS PLACENTA LATER IN PREGNANCY IN BOVINE EMBRYOS CREATED THROUGH SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER (SCNT)  P. P. Borowicz, M. L. Johnson, R. Beraldi, A. Edwards, A. T. Grazul-Bilska, C. Thorson, P. Kasinathan, Z. Wang, J. Robl, L. P. Reynolds and D. A. Redmer pp. 111-111 Full Text      23 EFFECT OF HISTONE ACETYLATION LEVELS ON THE IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF CLONED BOVINE EMBRYOS  L. Chacón, J. A. Jenkins, S. P. Leibo, G. Wirtu, B. L. Dresser, C. E. Pope and M. C. Gómez pp. 111-112 Full Text      24 EFFECTS OF HISTONE METHYLATION RELATED GENES ON EPIGENETIC REPROGRAMMING AND ZYGOTIC GENE ACTIVATION IN OVINE SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER (SCNT) EMBRYOS  I. Choi and K. H. S. Campbell pp. 112-112 Full Text      25 COMPARISON BETWEEN CHEMICALLY ASSISTED, CHEMICALLY INDUCED AND MECHANICAL ENUCLEATION OF MOUSE OOCYTES  N. Costa-Borges, S. González, J. Santaló and E. Ibáñez pp. 113-113 Full Text      26 DNA METHYLATION PATTERNS ARE APPROPRIATELY ESTABLISHED IN THE SPERM OF BULLS GENERATED BY SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER AFTER PASSAGE THROUGH THE GERMLINE  C. Couldrey, M. P. Green, D. N. Wells and R. S. F. Lee pp. 113-113 Full Text      27 HIGHLY VARIABLE EPIGENOMES IN HEALTHY ADULT BOVINE CLONES  B. de Montera, D. El Zeihery, S. Müller, H. Jammes, G. Brem, H.-D. Reichenbach, F. Scheipl, P. Chavatte-Palmer, V. Zakhartchenko, O. J. Schmitz, E. Wolf, J.-P. Renard and S. Hiendleder pp. 114-114 Full Text      28 SIMPLIFIED ACTIVATION METHOD TO IMPROVE THE IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF HANDMADE CLONED (HMC) PORCINE EMBRYOS  Y. Du, Z. Yang, B. Lv, L. Lin, P. M. Kragh, X. Zhang, G. Vajta, H. Yang and L. Bolund pp. 114-115 Full Text      29 PRODUCTION OF BOVINE CLONED EMBRYOS BY NUCLEAR TRANSFER USING VITRIFIED IMMATURE OOCYTES AS RECIPIENT CYTOPLASTS  F. Forell, C. Feltrin, L. C. Santos, A. D. Vieira, U. M. Costa, M. Hölker and J. L. Rodrigues pp. 115-115 Full Text      30 IN VITRO EXPRESSION OF BAX AND BCL2 GENES IN NUCLEAR DONOR SKIN FIBROBLAST, CUMULUS, AND GRANULOSA CULTURED CELLS DURING CULTURE AND THEIR SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER-CLONED EMBRYOS IN INDIAN BUFFALOES (BUBALUS BUBALIS)  N. Gupta, A. Pandey and S. C. Gupta pp. 115-116 Full Text      31 PORCINE SKIN-DERIVED STEM CELLS MAY BE A SUPERIOR SOURCE OF DONOR NUCLEI FOR EFFICIENT GENETIC MODIFICATION OF CLONED EMBRYOS  Y. H. Hao, J. W. Ross, P. Sutovsky, D. Wax, Z. S. Zhong, C. Murphy, A. Rieke, M. Samuel, L. Spate and R. S. Prather pp. 116-116 Full Text      32 CHARACTERISTICS OF BOVINE CLONE OFFSPRING (F1): COMPARISON WITH CLONES  Y. Heyman, C. Richard, L. Delatouche, J. P. Renard and P. Chavatte-Palmer pp. 116-116 Full Text      33 REPRODUCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF CLONED DOGS DERIVED FROM SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  S. G. Hong, J. E. Park, J. T. Kang, H. J. Oh, M. J. Kim, D. Y. Kim, M. K. Kim, G. Jang and B. C. Lee pp. 117-117 Full Text      34 COMPARISON OF IN VIVO DEVELOPMENT DURING EARLY PREGNANCY OF CLONED FETUSES DERIVED FROM BOVINE FETAL FIBROBLASTS AT THE EARLY G1 AND G0 PHASES  A. Ideta, K. Hayama, M. Urakawa, K. Tsuchiya, Y. Nakamura, Y. Aoyagi and K. Saeki pp. 117-117 Full Text      35 DEVELOPMENT OF INTERSPECIES CLONED MOUSE EMBRYOS RECONSTRUCTED WITH PORCINE ENUCLEATED OOCYTES  Y. Jiang and J. St John pp. 117-118 Full Text      36 TREATMENT OF PORCINE FETAL FIBROBLASTS WITH DNA METHYLATION INHIBITORS OR HISTONE DEACETYLATION INHIBITORS IMPROVES DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS  D. I. Jin, N. Kenji, R. X. Han, S. M. Choi, M. Y. Kim and C. S. Park pp. 118-118 Full Text      37 REPROGRAMMING OF THE HIGHER ORDER CHROMATIN ORGANIZATION IN BOVINE NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS  N. Ketterl, D. Köhler, A. Brero, T. Cremer, E. Wolf and V. Zakhartchenko pp. 118-118 Full Text      38 EFFECTS OF 5-AZACYTIDINE ON DNA HYPERMETHYLATION STATUS OF CLONED MINIATURE PIG EMBRYO  H. S. Kim, Y. I. Jeong, J. H. Kim, J. Choi, Y. W. Jeong, M. S. Hossein, S. H. Hyun and W. S. Hwang pp. 119-119 Full Text      39 FACTORS AFFECTING PREGNANCY RATE FOLLOWING TRANSFER OF SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS IN DOGS  M. J. Kim, H. J. Oh, J. E. Park, J. T. Kang, S. G. Hong, O. J. Goo, D. Y. Kim and B. C. Lee pp. 119-119 Full Text      40 STREPTOLYSIN O PERMEABILIZED AND MITOTIC EXTRACT TREATED GOAT FETAL FIBROBLASTS FOR USE IN NUCLEAR TRANSFER  S. L. Kish, J. A. Wilson, A. A. Picou, J. W. Lynn, R. A. Godke and K. R. Bondioli pp. 119-120 Full Text      41 PRODUCTION OF CLONED MINIATURE PIGS USING BONE MARROW MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS  S. L. Lee, E. J. Kang, B. G. Jeon, J. K. Park, S. H. Hyun, Y. K. Joo, H. W. Sung, E. S. Lee and G. J. Rho pp. 120-120 Full Text      42 ASSISTED ENUCLEATION IN GOLDEN HAMSTER OOCYTES TREATED WITH COLCHICINE AND DEMECOLCINE  Z. Li, L. Wang and D. Li pp. 120-121 Full Text      43 COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF PRE-TREATMENT WITH SODIUM CHLORIDE, SUCROSE AND TREHALOSE ON DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF PORCINE OOCYTES  L. Lin, P. Kragh, S. Purup, Y. Du, X. Zhang, H. Yang, L. Bolund, H. Callesen and G. Vajta pp. 121-121 Full Text      44 ATTEMPTS TO USE SOMATIC CELLS ISOLATED FROM FROZEN BOVINE SEMEN FOR NUCLEAR TRANSFER  J. Liu, C. Long, M. Westhusin and D. Kraemer pp. 122-122 Full Text      45 DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS DERIVED FROM ADULT MARROW STROMAL CELLS AND FETAL MUSCLE CELLS  M. Murakami, X. J. Bai, W. S. Shi, W. M. Wang, W. Liu and Y. J. Dong pp. 122-123 Full Text      46 EFFECT OF SHORT-TERM TRICHOSTATIN A TREATMENT ON BOVINE SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS  H. J. Oh, J. E. Park, M. J. Kim, S. G. Hong, J. T. Kang, D. Y. Kim, G. Jang and B. C. Lee pp. 123-123 Full Text      47 EFFECT OF THE TYPE OF CYTOPLASTS, SOURCE OF KARYOPLASTS, AND ACTIVATION PROCESS ON IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE CLONE EMBRYOS  L. U. Ohlweiler, J. C. Mezzalira, R. P. C. Gerger, E. S. Ribeiro, F. Forell, L. R. Bertolini, J. L. Rodrigues, C. E. Ambrósio, M. A. Miglino, A. D. Vieira, A. Mezzalira and M. Bertolini pp. 123-124 Full Text      48 TREATMENT OF CLONED BOVINE EMBRYOS WITH HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS INCREASES IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT BUT NOT IN VIVO CLONING EFFICIENCY  J. E. Oliver, T. Delaney, J. N. Oswald, M. C. Berg, B. Oback and D. N. Wells pp. 124-124 Full Text      49 CLONING OF CANCER SNIFFING DOG BY SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  J. E. Park, H. J. Oh, S. G. Hong, J. T. Kang, M. J. Kim, D. Y. Kim, J. C. Ra, J. Goo and B. C. Lee pp. 124-125 Full Text      50 FLOW CYTOMETRY-MEDIATED DETECTION OF LATE-APOPTOTIC HYPODIPLOID CELL FRACTIONS IN LIPOFECTED PORCINE ADULT DERMAL FIBROBLAST CELL LINES SELECTED FOR SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  M. Samiec, M. Skrzyszowska, M. Bochenek, R. Slomski and D. Lipinski pp. 125-125 Full Text      51 DEVELOPMENT OF EQUINE CLONED EMBRYOS DERIVED FROM IN VITRO-MATURED OOCYTES RECEIVING ADULT DERMAL FIBROBLAST CELL NUCLEI  M. Skrzyszowska, M. Samiec, W. Mlodawska, J. Kochan, A. Okolski, E. van der Tuin and Z. Smorag pp. 125-126 Full Text      52 EFFECT OF TRICHOSTATIN A ON DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL OF INTER-SPECIES CLONED GAUR (BOS GAURUS) EMBRYOS  K. Srirattana, C. Laowtammathron, R. Devahudi, S. Imsoonthornruksa, A. Sangmalee, W. Tunwattana, C. Lorthongpanich, N. Sripunya, K. Keawmungkun, W. Phewsoi, M. Ketudat-Cairns and R. Parnpai pp. 126-126 Full Text      53 THE EFFECT OF ELECTRICAL PULSE ON DEVELOPMENT OF NT BOVINE EMBRYOS FROM CARTILAGE CELLS  A. Tas, S. Arat, G. Cetinkaya, T. Akkoc and H. Bagis pp. 126-127 Full Text      54 IN VITRO AND IN VIVO DEVELOPMENT OF FLAT-HEADED CAT (PRIONAILURUS PLANICEPS) CLONED EMBRYOS  A. Thongphakdee, S. Manee-in, N. Klincumhom, B. Siriaroonrat, S. Kamolnorranarth, K. Chatdarong and M. Techakumphu pp. 127-127 Full Text      55 PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF RECONSTRUCTED EMBRYOS AFTER NUCLEAR TRANSFER IN DROMEDARY CAMEL (CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS)  N. A. Wani, J. A. Skidmore and U. Wernery pp. 128-128 Full Text      56 EFFECTS OF KNOCKDOWN OF DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1 BY RNA INTERFERENCE ON IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT AND DNA METHYLATION STATE IN BOVINE SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS  K. Yamanaka, M. Sakatani and M. Takahashi pp. 128-128 Full Text      57 NUCLEAR TRANSFER WITH RABBIT EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS: SERUM-STARVATION IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF CLONED EMBRYOS  V. Zakhartchenko, F. Flisikovska, R. Hao, S. Li, A. Kind, E. Wolf and A. Schnieke pp. 129-129 Full Text      58 HISTONE DEACETYLASES INHIBITOR, SCRIPTAID, IS BENEFICIAL TO THE REPROGRAMMING OF SOMATIC NUCLEI FOLLOWING NUCLEAR TRANSFER  J. G. Zhao, J. W. Ross, Y. H. Hao, D. M. Wax, L. D. Spate, M. S. Samuel, E. M. Walters, A. Rieke, C. N. Murphy and R. S. Prather pp. 129-129 Full Text      59 THE INFLUENCE OF DILUENT EGG YOLK PARTICLES ON THE ACCURACY OF FLOW CYTOMETRIC ANALYSES OF SPERM FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS  A. K. Alhaider and P. F. Watson pp. 130-130 Full Text      60 VITRIFICATION AND CONVENTIONAL CRYOPRESERVATION OF EQUINE EMBRYOS  J. P. Barfield, R. Sanchez, E. L. Squires and G. E. Seidel pp. 130-130 Full Text      61 PLANT EXTRACTS REDUCE DNA FRAGMENTATION IN FROZEN-THAWED STALLION SPERM   P. D. Burns, N. Wong, H. Arnold, N. Sirs, R. Romero and L. Herickhoff pp. 131-131 Abstract    |    Full Text      62 EXPOSURE TO ETHYLENE GLYCOL AND DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE CAUSES ACTIVATION AND SPINDLE ANOMALIES IN BUFFALO (BUBALUS BUBALIS) OOCYTES  M. De Blasi, E. Mariotti, M. Rubessa, S. Di Francesco, G. Campanile, L. Zicarelli and B. Gasparrini pp. 131-131 Full Text      63 VITRIFICATION OF BOVINE IN VITRO-PRODUCED AND IN VIVO EMBRYOS  L. Frers, J. Hepburn, J. Mandriaza Munoz, J. Forsyth and K. Strongman pp. 131-132 Full Text      64 INCREASED REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES ACTIVITY IN PORCINE OOCYTES AND ZYGOTES VITRIFIED BY SOLID SURFACE VITRIFICATION  M. K. Gupta, S. J. Uhm, M. R. Park, Z. C. Das and H. T. Lee pp. 132-132 Full Text      65 IMPACT OF AIRPORT RADIATION ON BOVINE SPERM DNA INTEGRITY, FERTILIZING ABILITY, AND EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT  K. E. M. Hendricks, D. Evenson, P. J. Hansen, M. Kaproth and L. M. Penfold pp. 132-133 Full Text      66 DEVELOPMENT OF IN VITRO-PRODUCED CAT EMBRYOS AFTER VITRIFICATION AND NONSURGICAL EMBRYO TRANSFER: PRELIMINARY RESULTS  E. Iacono, B. Merlo, M. Regazzini and D. Zambelli pp. 133-133 Full Text      67 GLUTATHIONE ADDED TO CULTURE MEDIUM AND CRYOPROTECTANT SOLUTION ENHANCE THE VIABILITY OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS AFTER THAWING  G. A. Kim, S. T. Lee, E. J. Lee, J. H. Choi and J. M. Lim pp. 133-134 Full Text      68 VITRIFICATION OF CLEAVAGE-STAGE MOUSE EMBRYOS BY THE VITROLOOP™ (CRYOLOOP) PROCEDURE  P. Klambauer, K. Kanyo, Zs. Keresztes, E. Varga, R. Kriston, J. Konc, S. Cseh and L. Solti pp. 134-134 Full Text      69 A HOMEMADE N2 SUPERCOOLING DEVICE (NITROCOOLER) ENHANCES VIABILITY AFTER VITRIFICATION OF BOVINE OOCYTES BUT NOT OF IN VITRO-PRODUCED EMBRYOS  J. C. Mezzalira, A. D. Vieira, G. Zanardi, M. C. Gonçalves, M. F. Rodrigues, L. T. Martins, L. U. Ohlweiler, M. Bertolini and A. Mezzalira pp. 134-135 Full Text      70 VITRIFICATION OF IMMATURE OVINE OOCYTES WITH CRYOLOOP: EFFECT OF CYTOCHALASIN B PRETREATMENT ON SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT  A. R. Moawad, I. Choi, J. Zhu and K. H. S. Campbell pp. 135-135 Full Text      71 COMPARISON OF CRYOPROTECTANTS ON CRYOPRESERVATION OF VENDA COCK SPERMATOZOA  M. L. Mphaphathi, M. B. Raito, M. B. Makhafola, D. Luseba and T. L. Nedambale pp. 135-136 Full Text      EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENT AFTER CRYOPRESERVATION OF IN VITRO-PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS  A. C. Nicacio, R. Simões, M. A. Peres, J. S. A. Gonçalves, F. F. Paula-Lopes, F. V. Meirelles, M. E. O. A. Assumpção and J. A. Visintin pp. 136-136 Full Text      73 VITRIFICATION OF BOVINE OOCYTES: EFFECT OF PACKAGING AND EQUILIBRATION TIME ON NUCLEAR MATURATION  J. R. Prentice, J. Singh, O. Dochi and M. Anzar pp. 136-137 Full Text      74 EFFECT OF BETA-MERCAPTOETHANOL ON THE VITRIFICATION CRYOTOLERANCE OF BOVINE IN VITRO-PRODUCED EMBRYOS   E. S. Ribeiro, M. C. Gonçalves, M. C. Pedrotti, L. T. Martins, R. P. C. Gerger, F. K. Vieira, K. C. S. Tavares, M. Bertolini and A. Mezzalira pp. 137-138 Abstract    |    Full Text      75 GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION OF FREEZING EXTENDER MODULATES THE TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION PATTERN OF FROZEN-THAWED BOAR SPERMATOZOA   J. E. Rodríguez-Gil, M. Hernández, M. M. Rivera, L. Ramió-Lluch, J. Ballester, J. M. Fernández-Novell, J. M. Vazquez, E. A. Martinez and J. Roca pp. 138-138 Abstract    |    Full Text      76 SURVIVAL AND IN VITRO FUNCTIONALITY OF DOMESTIC CAT EPIDIDYMAL SPERMATOZOA FOLLOWING CRYOPRESERVATION IN EXTENDERS WITH OR WITHOUT EGG YOLK  J. R. Saenz, C. Dumas, B. L. Dresser, M. C. Gómez, R. A. Godke and C. E. Pope pp. 138-139 Full Text      77 SUCCESSFUL CRYOPRESERVATION OF SYRIAN HAMSTER OVARIES BY VITRIFICATION  O. Suzuki, M. Koura, Y. Noguchi, K. Uchio-Yamada and J. Matsuda pp. 139-139 Full Text      78 EFFICACY OF USING IN VITRO-PRODUCED CATTLE EMBRYOS TO DEVELOP AN EQUINE EMBRYO CRYOPRESERVATION SYSTEM  C. M. Syverson, A. M. Paprocki, R. W. Koppang and J. R. Dobrinsky pp. 139-140 Full Text      79 CHOLESTEROL QUANTIFICATION DURING CRYOPRESERVATION IN BOAR SPERM SAMPLES ENRICHED IN OR DEPRIVED OF CHOLESTEROL  C. Tomás, M. Hernández, E. Mocé, E. Martínez, J. M. Vá and J. Roca pp. 140-140 Full Text      80 CHOLESTEROL-LOADED METHYL-BETA-CYCLODEXTRIN IMPROVES BOAR SPERMATOZOA CRYOPROTECTANT ADDITION AND REMOVAL TOLERANCE   E. M. Walters, J. D. Benson, A. Rieke, J. K. Graham and J. K. Critser pp. 140-141 Abstract    |    Full Text      81 MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF BOVINE OOCYTES IN THE PRESENCE OF DIFFERENT CRYOPROTECTANTS  X. Wang, A. Al Naib, D.-W. Sun and P. Lonergan pp. 141-141 Full Text      82 DNA FRAGMENTATION DYNAMICS OF KOALA SPERMATOZOA  Y. P. Zee, C. Lopez-Fernandez, J. Gosalvez, W. V. Holt and S. D. Johnston pp. 141-142 Full Text      83 CHANGES IN BLASTOCYST LINEAGE DIFFERENTIATION AND NUTRIENT SENSING ARE MEMORIZED IN RESPONSE TO MATERNAL LOW-PROTEIN DIET  E. Burt, S. Brooks, I. T. Cameron, T. P. Fleming and J. J. Eckert pp. 142-142 Full Text      84 DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS OF CHOLESTEROL-ENRICHED HYPERLIPIDIC DIETS IN RABBITS  P. Chavatte-Palmer, P. Laigre, M. Dahirel, O. Picone and L. Lamothe pp. 143-143 Full Text      85 DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID METHYLATION IN PORCINE PARTHENOGENETIC PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYOS  R. S. Deshmukh, O. Svarcova, J. Li, H. Callesen, G. Vajta and P. Maddox-Hyttel pp. 143-143 Full Text      86 DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (DNMT)1 AND DNMT3a PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN PRE-IMPLANTATION BOVINE EMBRYOS DERIVED IN VIVO AND IN VITRO  S. Drallmeyer, K. Müller, K.-G. Hadeler, K. Korsawe, H. Niemann and C. Wrenzycki pp. 144-144 Full Text      87 VARIATION IN HEMATOLOGICAL PROFILES BETWEEN BOVINE SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER CLONES AND CONTEMPORARIES FROM BIRTH TO ADULTHOOD  M. P. Green, C. Couldrey, M. C. Berg, D. N. Wells and R. S. F. Lee pp. 144-144 Full Text      88 EXPRESSION OF ENZYMES RELATED TO HOMOCYSTEINE METABOLISM AND HOMOCYSTEINE SENSITIVITY IN BOVINE PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYOS  S. Ikeda, M. Sugimoto and S. Kume pp. 145-145 Full Text      89 MALE-TO-FEMALE SEX REVERSAL IN WOLF DERIVED FROM SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER WITH 78,XY KARYOTYPE  J. T. Kang, H. J. Oh, S. G. Hong, J. E. Park, D. Y. Kim, G. Jang, M. K. Kim and B. C. Lee pp. 145-145 Full Text      90 ENDOGENOUS MODIFICATIONS OF AURORA B AND AURORA C KINASE EXPRESSION IN MOUSE OOCYTES AND EARLY EMBRYOS  C. A. Lima, V. Huntress and E. W. Overström pp. 146-146 Full Text      91 INHIBITION OF TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE (TERT) INDUCES EMBRYO ARREST IN BOVINE PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYOS  P. Madan, W. A. King and D. H. Betts pp. 146-146 Full Text      92 INDUCTION OF FIRST POSTPARTUM OVULATION, AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE OR ESTRADIOL BENZOATE, IN NELLORE COWS  V. G. Pinheiro, R. A. Satrapa, R. A. L. Simões, F. S. Rosa and C. M. Barros pp. 146-147 Full Text      93 MICRORNA SEQUENCES OF BULL SPERMATOZOA  L. R. Robertson, J. M. Feugang, N. Rodriguez-Osorio, A. Kaya and E. Memili pp. 147-147 Full Text      94 NUCLEAR-CYTOPLASMIC INTERACTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CLONED EMBRYOS  H. J. Song, E. J. Kang, B. G. Jeon, S. L. Lee, H. H. Seong and G. J. Rho pp. 147-148 Full Text      95 DEVELOPMENT OF PORCINE TWO-CELL EMBRYOS WITH OR WITHOUT ZONA PELLUCIDA AND SINGLE BLASTOMERES  D. N. Q. Thanh, K. Matsukawa, M. Kaneda, S. Akagi, Y. Kanai and T. Nagai pp. 148-148 Full Text      96 AN IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY ON MARKERS OF PLURIPOTENCY AND DNA METHYLATION IN THE DEVELOPING PORCINE GERM LINE  M. Vejlsted, S. M. W. Hyldig and P. Maddox-Hyttel pp. 148-149 Full Text      97 POSITION CHANGES IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIRST POLAR BODY AND CHROMOSOME OF GOLDEN HAMSTER OOCYTES  L. Y. Wang, D. X. Li and Z. Y. Li pp. 149-149 Full Text      98 HETEROCHROMATIN REPROGRAMMING IN MOUSE EARLY DEVELOPMENT  T. Wongtawan, J. Taylor, I. Wilmut and S. Pennings pp. 149-149 Full Text      99 EFFECT OF SUPPRESSION OF BOVINE DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1 ON EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT AND EXPRESSION OF IMPRINTED GENES  P. Wilaiphan, F. Rings, M. Hoelker, E. Tholen, C. Phatsara, K. Schellander and D. Tesfaye pp. 150-150 Full Text      100 ASSESSMENT OF LOCUS-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLATION: OPTIMIZATION FOR BOVINE EMBRYOS  E. Wroclawska, J. O. Brant, T. P. Yang and K. Moore pp. 150-150 Full Text      101 EFFECT OF DIETARY UREA ON EMBRYONIC VIABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF TOGGENBURG GOATS  L. S. Amorim, C. A. A. Torres, E. A. M. Amorim, J. D. Guimarães, J. F. Fonseca, L. G. B. Siqueira and G. E. Seidel pp. 151-151 Full Text      102 EVIDENCE FOR PRE-IMPLANTATION ORIGIN OF PLACENTAL FAILURE IN BOVINE CLONE PREGNANCIES  S. Bauersachs, V. Zakhartchenko, S. E. Ulbrich, F. Sinowatz, H.-D. Reichenbach, H. Blum and E. Wolf pp. 151-152 Full Text      103 MASS SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS OF UTERUS ENDOMETRIUM DURING PREGNANCY IN THE PIG  J.-I. Chae, Y. K. Cho, S.-K. Cho, K.-K. Lee and D.-B. Koo pp. 152-152 Full Text      104 ESTROUS CYCLE-DEPENDENT CHANGES IN THE BOVINE ENDOMETRIUM PROTEOME  T. Fröhlich, R. Kashirin, P. Bolbrinker, H.-D. Reichenbach, E. Wolf and G. J. Arnold pp. 152-152 Full Text      105 DETECTION OF PLACENTAL LACTOGENS IN SWAMP BUFFALO BY RADIOIMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE  N. V. Hanh, Q. X. Huu, N. T. Uoc, J. Sulon, N. M. Sausa, B. X. Nguyen and J.-F. Beckers pp. 152-153 Full Text      106 ANGIOGENIC FACTOR mRNA EXPRESSION IN FETAL MEMBRANES IN EARLY PREGNANT SHEEP  M. L. Johnson, L. P. Reynolds, M. A. Minten, P. P. Borowicz, D. A. Redmer and A. T. Grazul-Bilska pp. 153-153 Full Text      107 EARLY EMBRYONIC SURVIVAL IN THE PIG IS HIGHER THAN CONVENTIONALLY REPORTED  E. Østrup, M. Vejlsted, M. B. Nielsen, M. T. Madsen and P. Maddox-Hyttel pp. 153-154 Full Text      108 EFFECT OF INTERLEUKIN-1BETA, -3 AND -4 ON BOVINE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO AND MHC-I GENE EXPRESSION   A. Al Naib, S. Mamo, P. Lonergan and T. Fair pp. 154-154 Abstract    |    Full Text      109 EFFECTS OF LIPOLYTIC AGENTS FORSKOLIN, EPINEPHRINE AND CAFFEINE ON EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT AND LIPID CONTENT OF BOVINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED IN VITRO  M. Barcelo-Fimbres and G. E. Seidel pp. 154-155 Full Text      110 DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN ACTIONS OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-I IN THE PREIMPLANTATION BOVINE EMBRYO-RECEPTOR EXPRESSION AND THERMOTOLERANCE  A. Q. Bonilla and P. J. Hansen pp. 155-155 Full Text      111 EQUINE AMNIOTIC EPITHELIAL OR BONE MARROW MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS DIFFERENTLY SUPPORT IN VITRO EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN A BOVINE IN VITRO CULTURE MODEL  F. Cremonesi, V. Maggio and A. Lange Consiglio pp. 156-156 Full Text      112 EFFECTS OF GUAIAZULENE ON IN VITRO CULTURE OF BOVINE ZYGOTES, AND ON mRNA TRANSCRIPTS RELATED TO EMBRYO QUALITY  E. Dovolou, M. Clemente, G. S. Amiridis, I. Messinis, A. Kalitsaris, A. Gutierrez-Adan and D. Rizos pp. 156-156 Full Text      113 EFFECT OF PLANT PROTEIN ON DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF CULTURED IN VITRO PORCINE ZYGOTES  B. Gajda, I. Grad and Z. Smorag pp. 157-157 Full Text      114 DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIMIZED WELL IN WELL CULTURE SYSTEM: EFFECT OF MINIWELL CALIBER AND CULTURE DROP VOLUME ON DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF BOVINE EMBRYOS  M. Hoelker, N. Gahnem, C. Phatsara, K. Schellander and D. Tesfaye pp. 157-157 Full Text      115 APOPTOSIS EVENT OF PREIMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT STAGES IN PORCINE IN VITRO-FERTILIZED EMBRYOS  S. M. Hong, S. H. Jeong and S. H. Hyun pp. 157-158 Full Text      116 TAUROURSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID PREVENTS ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS-INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN PREIMPLANTATION PIG EMBRYOS  J.-S. Kim, K.-S. Lee, B.-S. Song, J.-Y. Zhang, Y.-K. Choo, K.-K. Lee and D.-B. Koo pp. 158-158 Full Text      117 EFFECT OF RESVERATROL ON THE CULTURE OF PORCINE EMBRYOS  K. Lee, C. Wang, D. Miller and Z. Machaty pp. 158-159 Full Text      118 THE PEAK OF OXYGEN CONSUMPTION AT THE TIME OF SPERM PENETRATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASE IN REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES PRODUCTION IN BOVINE ZYGOTES  A. S. Lopes, G. C. Dalvit, M. Lane and J. G. Thompson pp. 159-159 Full Text      119 LEPTIN ENHANCED THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUFFALO (BUBALUS BUBALIS) EMBRYO CULTURED IN VITRO  Y. Q. Lu, D. N. Ye, M. Zhang, S. S. Lu and K. H. Lu pp. 159-160 Full Text      120 EFFECT OF INDIVIDUAL CULTURE SYSTEM USING WOW OR CELL-TAK ON DEVELOPMENT OF IN VITRO-PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS  S. Matoba and P. Lonergan pp. 160-160 Full Text      121 DIFFERENTIAL mRNA EXPRESSION BETWEEN IN VIVO AND IN VITRO-DERIVED BOS INDICUS AND BOS TAURUS EMBRYOS  L. Nasser, P. Stranieri, A. Gutiérrez-Adán, M. Clemente, L. Jorge de Souza and A. T. Palasz pp. 160-161 Full Text      122 GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS IMPROVE THE NUMBER OF BLASTOMERES IN ZONA-FREE RAT AND MOUSE EMBRYOS  M. Okuyama and H. Funahashi pp. 161-161 Full Text      123 LONG-TERM PRODUCTION OF IN VITRO-MATURED PORCINE OOCYTES AND EMBRYOS  A. M. Paprocki, C. M. Syverson, R. W. Koppang and J. R. Dobrinsky pp. 161-162 Full Text      124 SUPPLEMENTATION OF IN VITRO MATURATION MEDIUM WITH GROWTH HORMONE DID NOT AFFECT THE TIMING OF THE FIRST ZYGOTIC CLEAVAGE BUT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF RESULTING BOVINE BLASTOCYSTS  E. Pers-Kamczyc, E. Warzych, J. Peippo and D. Lechniak pp. 162-162 Full Text      125 A COMPARISON OF SEQUENTIAL MEDIUM WITH NON-SEQUENTIAL MEDIUM: DO SOME PATIENTS' EMBRYOS CULTURE BETTER IN ONE THAN IN THE OTHER?  K. O. Pomeroy, S. Foley, B. Faber, D. V. Moffitt and M. D. Johnson pp. 162-163 Full Text      126 THE EFFECT OF FORSKOLIN ON IN VITRO PRODUCED BRAHMAN-SIRED BOVINE EMBRYOS  J. H. Pryor, J. A. Trant, C. B. Ponchirolli-Schneider, C. R. Looney, C. R. Long and D. W. Forrest pp. 163-163 Full Text      127 LETHAL EFFECT OF HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF PARECOXIB AND FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE ON THE IN VITRO CULTURE OF BOVINE EMBRYOS  E. M. Razza, R. A. Satrapa, C. F. Silva, R. A. L. Simões, T. Nabhan, F. S. Rosa, F. Frei, C. M. Barros and M. F. G. Nogueira pp. 163-164 Full Text      128 N-METHYL-D-ASPARTIC ACID CAN BE USED TO PARTIALLY REPLACE BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN IN CULTURE MEDIUM  L. D. Spate, B. K. Bauer, C. N. Murphy and R. S. Prather pp. 164-164 Full Text      129 EFFECT OF DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE OF ICSI-PRODUCED EQUINE EMBRYOS ON PREGNANCY RATES  J. E. Stokes, E. L. Squires, T. K. Suh, J. L. Altermat and E. M. Carnevale pp. 164-164 Full Text      130 FLAVANOID INCREASES THE IN VITRO DEVELOPMENTAL ABILITY OF CLONED AND PARTHENOGENETIC PORCINE EMBRYOS  S. J. Uhm, M. K. Gupta, Z. C. Das, K. T. Kim, J. H. Yang, J. H. Kim and H. T. Lee pp. 165-165 Full Text      131 APOPTOSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF IN VITRO-PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS EXPOSED TO SUPRAPHYSIOLOGICAL CONCENTRATIONS OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 (IGF-1)  M. A. Velazquez and H. Niemann pp. 165-165 Full Text      132 TIMING OF THE FIRST ZYGOTIC CLEAVAGE WAS NOT RELATED TO THE SHIFT IN SEX RATIO OF BOVINE BLASTOCYST IN VITRO  K. Zaorska, E. Pers-Kamczyc and D. Lechniak pp. 165-166 Full Text      133 EFFECTS OF FROZEN STORED CULTURE MEDIA ON PRE-IMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT OF PARTHENOTES AND CLONED EMBRYOS IN PIGS  Y. H. Zhang, H. T. Xi, Y. Liu, J. Li, A. Pederson, K. Villemoes, Y. Tao, X. R. Zhang and G. Vajta pp. 166-166 Full Text      134 VIABILITY OF EQUINE BLASTOCYSTS SUBJECTED TO BIOPSY FOR PRE-IMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS  Y. H. Choi, D. L. Hartman and K. Hinrichs pp. 166-167 Full Text      135 PREGNANCY RATES AFTER SINGLE DIRECT TRANSFER OF BIOPSIED FROZEN-THAWED BOVINE EMBRYOS ACCORDING TO QUALITY   C. Guyader-Joly, C. Gonzalez, D. Le Bourhis, B. Moulin, Y. Heyman and P. Humblot pp. 167-167 Abstract    |    Full Text      136 IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE EMBRYOS SUBMITTED TO LASER ASSISTED HATCHING ON DAY 6 AND DAY 7 OF EMBRYO CULTURE  C. B. Ponchirolli-Schneider, J. H. Pryor and C. R. Looney pp. 168-168 Full Text      137 DIFFERENCES IN EMBRYO PRODUCTION BETWEEN LACTATING AND NON-LACTATING HOLSTEIN DONOR COWS  D. G. B. Demetrio, A. Magalhaes, K. King and C. G. B. Demetrio pp. 168-168 Full Text      138 GENETIC PARAMETER ESTIMATION FOR EMBRYO TRANSFER TRAITS  F. A. Di Croce, A. M. Saxton, N. R. Rohrbach and F. N. Schrick pp. 169-169 Full Text      139 NEW APPROACH FOR BOVINE EMBRYO RECOVERY  R. Dupras and Y. Chorfi pp. 169-169 Full Text      140 INTRAUTERINE INOCULATION OF CATTLE WITH BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS SIMULTANEOUS TO TRANSFER OF IN VIVO-DERIVED BOVINE EMBRYOS  J. A. Gard, M. D. Givens, P. K. Galik, M. S. D. Marley, K. P. Riddell and M. A. Edmondson pp. 169-170 Full Text      141 EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE ON EMBRYO PRODUCTION AND CONCEPTION RATES IN BEEF AND DAIRY CATTLE  Z. Hegedüsová, R. Holásek, M. Slezáková, A. Dufek and J. Kubica pp. 170-170 Full Text      142 EFFECT OF GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR AND INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 ON DEVELOPMENT AND POST-TRANSFER SURVIVAL OF BOVINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED IN VITRO  B. Loureiro, L. Bonilla, J. Block, J. M. Fear, A. Q. Bonilla and P. J. Hansen pp. 170-171 Full Text      143 SUPEROVULATORY RESPONSE AND EMBRYO PRODUCTION INFLUENCED BY THE ADDITION OF LH AND EFFECT OF THE REPEATABILITY IN SANTA INES SHEEP   M. E. F. Oliveira, I. C. C. Santos, J. S. P. Pieroni, R. M. Ferreira, M. F. Cordeiro, P. M. P. Nascimento, S. F. Souza, J. F. Fonseca and W. R. R. Vicente pp. 171-171 Abstract    |    Full Text      144 PREGNANCY RETENTION OF BOVINE RECIPIENTS FOLLOWING TRANSFER OF EMBRYOS EXPOSED TO A PROSTAGLANDIN2ALPHA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST DURING COLLECTION   D. A. Roper, F. N. Scenna, A. M. Saxton, J. L. Edwards, N. R. Rohrbach and F. N. Schrick pp. 171-172 Abstract    |    Full Text      145 FACTORS AFFECTING PREGNANCY RATE FOLLOWING TIMED EMBRYO TRANSFER PROGRAM IN CATTLE UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS  F. N. Scenna, C. J. Munar, I. Mujica, E. Martin, P. Lafarga, P. Rajala-Schultz and G. M. Schuenemann pp. 172-172 Full Text      146 RELOCATION OF SWINE GENETICS USING EMBRYO TRANSFER  S. L. Terlouw, C. D. Bierman, D. L. Kohler, B. A. Didion and J. R. Dobrinsky pp. 172-173 Full Text      147 A PROSTAGLANDIN F2Alpha RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST MAY INHIBIT BAX EXPRESSION IN BOVINE PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYOS DURING EMBRYO FLUSHING   K. Tsuchiya, A. Ideta, K. Hayama, M. Urakawa, Y. Nakamura and Y. Aoyagi pp. 173-173 Abstract    |    Full Text      148 RISK OF TRANSMISSION OF BOVINE HERPESVIRUS (BHV-1) BY INFECTED SEMEN TO RECIPIENTS AND EMBRYOS  A. Bielanski, A. Lalonde and J. Algire pp. 173-173 Full Text      149 RISK ASSESSMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION VIA IN VITRO EMBRYO PRODUCTION USING SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  K. Gregg, S. Chen, S. Sadeghieh, T. Guerra, T. Xiang, J. Meredith and I. Polejaeva pp. 174-174 Full Text      150 THE ROLE OF THE PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYO IN THE VERTICAL TRANSMISSION OF NATURAL SCRAPIE INFECTION IN SHEEP  J. C. Low, J. Chambers, W. A. C. McKelvey and M. Jeffrey pp. 174-174 Full Text      151 SEASONAL REPRODUCTION IN WILD AND CAPTIVE MALE KOALA POPULATIONS IN SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND  C. D. Allen, D. L. de Villiers, B. D. Manning, D. S. Dique, M. Burridge, M. L. Chafer, V. M. Nicolson, S. C. Jago, A. J. McKinnon, R. J. Booth, J. J. McKee, M. J. Pyne, Y. P. Zee, R. J. Wilson and S. D. Johnston pp. 174-175 Full Text      152 STUDY OF THREE CONSECUTIVE ELECTROEJACULATIONS IN BROWN BEAR (URSUS ARCTOS)  L. Anel, S. Borragan, M. Alvarez, F. Martinez-Pastor, M. Mata-Campuzano, S. Gomes-Alves, E. Anel and P. de Paz pp. 175-175 Full Text      153 THE EFFECT OF CONTINUOUS EXOGENOUS GONADOTROPIN TREATMENT ON OVARIAN ACTIVITY IN TIGERS (PANTHERA TIGRIS SPP.)  B. A. Blevins, D. L. Armstrong and N. M. Loskutoff pp. 175-176 Full Text      154 REPRODUCTIVE SEASONALITY AND FOLLICULAR DYNAMICS IN THE PRZEWALSKI'S HORSE  C. W. Collins, S. L. Monfort, M. M. Vick, R. B. Weiss, D. E. Wildt, C. L. Keefer and N. Songsasen pp. 176-176 Full Text      155 NOVEL RECIPIENT SYNCHRONIZATION REGIMENS FOR SUCCESSFUL EMBRYO TRANSFER IN THE BRAZILIAN OCELOT FOLLOWING LONG-TERM FROZEN EMBRYO STORAGE  V. A. Conforti, C. H. Adania, P. G. Gonzalez, C. de Oliveira and W. F. Swanson pp. 176-177 Full Text      156 ENZYMATIC DISSOCIATION AND VITRIFICATION OF PREANTRAL FOLLICLES FROM THREATENED CARNIVOROUS MARSUPIALS  N. A. Czarny, M. S. Harris and J. C. Rodger pp. 177-177 Full Text      157 FIRST IN VITRO EMBRYO PRODUCTION IN ALPACAS (LAMA PACOS)  G. Gamarra, E. Huaman, S. León, M. Carpio, E. Alvarado, M. Asparrin and H. W. Vivanco pp. 177-178 Full Text      158 IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF WOOD BISON (BISON BISON ATHABASCAE) EMBRYOS BY INTERSPECIES SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  B. M. Kumar, E. St. John, P. M. Mackie, W. A. King and G. F. Mastromonaco pp. 178-178 Full Text      159 WASHING INCREASES THE VULNERABILITY OF RED DEER THAWED SPERMATOZOA TO OXIDATIVE STRESS  F. Martínez-Pastor, M. R. Fernández-Santos, E. del Olmo, A. E. Domínguez-Rebolledo, M. Esteso, J. L. Ros-Santaella, A. F. Bisbal, A. J. Soler and J. J. Garde pp. 178-179 Full Text      160 FREEZABILITY OF ELECTROEJACULATED AND EPIDIDYMAL SPERMATOZOA FROM BLUE WILDEBEEST (CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS)  M. Mata-Campuzano, M. Alvarez, S. Borragan, F. Martinez-Pastor, M. Nicolas, J. Tamayo, L. Anel and P. de Paz pp. 179-179 Full Text      161 CRYOPRESERVATION OF CORN SNAKE, ELAPHE GUTATTA, SEMEN  K. M. Mattson, A. T. DeVries, J. Krebs and N. M. Loskutoff pp. 179-180 Full Text      162 REPRODUCTIVE CYCLES, PREGNANCY AND REVERSAL OF LONG TERM ACYCLICITY IN CAPTIVE SOUTHERN WHITE RHINOCEROS AT HAMILTON ZOO  C. Morrow, S. Kudeweh, M. Goold and S. Standley pp. 180-180 Full Text      163 DOMESTIC CAT (FELIS CATUS) EMBRYO CRYOPRESERVATION: SLOW-COOLING VERSUS VITRIFICATION  M. J. Pedersen, C. A. Watson, B. A. Blevins and N. M. Loskutoff pp. 180-181 Full Text      164 CHARACTERIZATION OF THE COMMON ELAND (TAUROTRAGUS ORYX) ESTROUS CYCLE  P. M. Pennington, L. R. Gentry, C. E. Pope, R. A. MacLean, D. L. Paccamonti, B. L. Dresser, K. R. Bondioli, R. A. Godke and G. Wirtu pp. 181-181 Full Text      165 EFFECTS OF AGE, HORMONES AND HIBERNATION ON BREEDING SUCCESS IN BOREAL TOADS (BUFO BOREALIS)  T. L. Roth, D. C. Szymanski and E. D. Keyster pp. 181-182 Full Text      166 POTENTIAL OF URINARY RELAXIN AS A USEFUL INDICATOR OF PREGNANCY IN THE MANED WOLF  R. C. Santymire, B. Steinetz, R. M. Santymire, J. L. Brown and N. Songsasen pp. 182-182 Full Text      167 FAECAL STEROID ANALYSES FOR MONITORING REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION IN POLAR BEARS (URSUS MARITIMUS)  M. A. Stoops, L. Vollmer and T. L. Roth pp. 182-183 Full Text      168 POST-THAW VIABILITY OF EPIDIDYMAL SPERM FROM WHITE-TAIL DEER THAT WAS FROZEN USING GLYCEROL OR DMSO AS THE CRYOPROTECTANT  M. A. Stout, J. S. Saenz, G. T. Gentry, S. P. Leibo, K. R. Bondioli and R. A. Godke pp. 183-183 Full Text      169 BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF ESTRUS IN THE COMMON ELAND ANTELOPE, TAUROTRAGUS ORYX  G. Wirtu, P. M. Pennington, C. E. Pope, R. A. MacLean, J. Mercado, J. Galiguis, D. L. Paccamonti, R. A. Godke and B. L. Dresser pp. 183-184 Full Text      170 FOLLICULAR FLUID CONCENTRATION AND OOCYTE QUALITY FROM TOGGENBURG GOATS FED WITH UREA  E. A. M. Amorim, L. S. Amorim, C. A. A. Torres, J. D. Guimãres, J. F. Fonseca and G. E. Seidel pp. 184-184 Full Text      171 ADMINISTRATION OF GnRH ON DAY 6 ALTERS THE NUMBER OF FOLLICULAR WAVES FROM 2 TO 3 DURING THE ESTROUS CYCLE OF HOLSTEIN COWS  E. Dirandeh, H. Kohram and A. Zare Shahneh pp. 184-185 Full Text      172 IDENTIFICATION OF MICRORNAS IN BOVINE OVARY  M. M. Hossain, M. Hoelker, C. Phatsara, E. Tholen, K. Schellander and D. Tesfaye pp. 185-185 Full Text      173 THE EFFECT OF EXERCISE ON FOLLICULOGENESIS IN MARES  D. E. Kelley, J. R. Gibbons, S. E. Pratt, R. L. Smith and C. J. Mortensen pp. 185-186 Full Text      174 MicroRNA EXPRESSION PROFILE IN BOVINE CUMULUS-OOCYTE COMPLEXES DURING LATE OOGENESIS   J. R. Miles, T. G. McDaneld, R. T. Wiedmann, R. A. Cushman, S. E. Echternkamp, J. L. Vallet and T. P. L. Smith pp. 186-186 Abstract    |    Full Text      175 FOLLICULAR DIAMETER AND OVULATION RATE IN NELLORE COWS TREATED WITH LH  R. A. L. Simões, F. S. Rosa, M. Piagentini, R. A. Satrapa, R. L. Ereno, T. Nabhan, L. A. Trinca, M. F. G. Nogueira and C. M. Barros pp. 186-187 Full Text      176 GENE EXPRESSION OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR (LHR) ISOFORMS IN GRANULOSA CELLS OF FOLLICLES FROM NELLORE HEIFERS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER FOLLICULAR DEVIATION  C. M. Barros, R. L. Ereno, M. F. Machado, J. Buratini, M. F. Pegorer, R. A. L. Simões and R. A. Satrapa pp. 187-187 Full Text      177 EMBRYOS PRODUCED IN VITRO FROM PREPUBERTAL LAMB AND ADULT SHEEP OOCYTES DISPLAY DIFFERENT GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS  D. Bebbere, L. Bogliolo, F. Ariu, S. Fois, G. Leoni and S. Ledda pp. 187-188 Full Text      178 TRANSCRIPT ABUNDANCE OF METHYLTRANSFERASES SPECIFIC FOR H3K9 DIFFER AT DISCRETE STAGES OF PORCINE OOCYTE AND CLEAVAGE STAGE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT  M. N. Biancardi, L. Magnani, C. M. Johnson and R. A. Cabot pp. 188-188 Full Text      179 INTERNAL CONTROL GENES FOR QUANTITATIVE PCR OF PORCINE MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS DURING ADIPOGENIC AND OSTEOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION IN VITRO  M. Bionaz, E. Monaco, A. Lima, S. Wilson, S. Lane, W. L. Hurley and M. B. Wheeler pp. 188-189 Full Text      180 EXPRESSION OF CANDIDATE GENES FOR OOCYTE COMPETENCE IN BOVINE CUMULUS CELLS  E. S. Caixeta, P. R. Figueiredo, G. M. Machado, M. M. Franco, J. Buratini and M. A. N. Dode pp. 189-189 Full Text      181 THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF NON-GENOMIC PATHWAYS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE REGULATION OF CALBINDIN-D9k IN VITRO  V. H. Dang and E.-B. Jeung pp. 189-190 Full Text      182 EXPRESSION PATTERN OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELL-SPECIFIC microRNAs IN MOUSE PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYOS  T.-Y. Fu and P.-C. Tang pp. 190-190 Full Text      183 EFFECT OF WELL IN WELL CULTURE OF BOVINE EMBRYOS ON GENE EXPRESSION PROFILE  N. Ghanem, M. Hoelker, C. Phatsara, K. Schellander and D. Tesfaye pp. 190-191 Full Text      184 ALTERNATIVE SPLICING OF DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1 IN PORCINE OOCYTES  A. M. Giraldo, M. V. Mendicino, T. D. Vaught, K. R. Bondioli and D. L. Ayares pp. 191-191 Full Text      185 THE PORCINE EPIBLAST AND NOT THE INNER CELL MASS HAS DEVELOPED CONVENTIONAL PATHWAYS FOR REGULATION OF PLURIPOTENCY  V. J. Hall, J. Christensen and P. Maddox-Hyttel pp. 191-191 Full Text      186 DUODENAL AND RENAL TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL VANILLOID 6 APPEAR TO BE DISTINCTLY REGULATED BY SEX STEROID HORMONES, ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE, IN IMMATURE FEMALE RATS  J.-H. Kim, K.-C. Choi and E.-B. Jeung pp. 192-192 Full Text      187 EMBRYO GENOTYPING FROM IN VIVO BIOPSIED BOVINE EMBRYOS AFTER WHOLE GENOME AMPLIFICATION  D. Le Bourhis, Y. Amigues, F. Charreaux, S. Lacaze, M. Tissier, C. Guyader-Joly, G. Mervant, B. Moulin, X. Vignon, C. Gonzalez and P. Humblot pp. 192-192 Full Text      188 EFFECTS OF IN VITRO MATURATION ON GENE EXPRESSION IN RHESUS MONKEY OOCYTES  Y. S. Lee, C. A. VandeVoort and K. E. Latham pp. 193-193 Full Text      189 TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROFILING OF HISTONE-MODIFYING GENES DURING BOVINE PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO  G. D. Linger, C. L. Bormann, M. D. Peoples, M. C. Golding and C. R. Long pp. 193-193 Full Text      190 CELL CYCLE REGULATION IN RHESUS MONKEY OOCYTES AND EMBRYOS OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL  N. Mtango and K. Latham pp. 194-194 Full Text      191 MATERNAL AGE ALTERS FETAL AND PLACENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXPRESSION OF METHYLATED GENES  M. Paczkowski, J. Fleming-Waddell, C. A. Bidwell and R. L. Krisher pp. 194-194 Full Text      192 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT CULTURE MEDIUM ON THE PRODUCTION OF GRANULOSA SCNT EMBRYOS IN WATER BUFFALO (BUBALUS BUBALIS) AND THEIR mRNA TRANSCRIPT ANALYSIS AT DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES IN COMPARISON WITH IN VITRO FERTILIZATION-PRODUCED EMBRYOS  A. Pandey, S. C. Gupta and N. Gupta pp. 194-195 Full Text      193 DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN CUMULUS CELLS OF DEVELOPMENTALLY COMPETENT V. CHALLENGED BOVINE OOCYTES  R. R. Payton, L. A. Rispoli and J. L. Edwards pp. 195-195 Full Text      194 HOUSEKEEPING GENE EXPRESSION OF BOVINE FERTILIZED AND CLONED EMBRYOS  P. J. Ross, K. Wang, Z. Beyhan, A. Kocabas and J. B. Cibelli pp. 195-196 Full Text      195 TRANSCRIPTOME PROFILING OF BOVINE ENDOMETRIUM BASED ON THE PREGNANCY OUTCOME AFTER TRANSFER OF IN VIVO-DERIVED EMBRYOS  D. Salilew-Wondim, N. Ghanem, C. Grosse-Brinkhaus, A. Becker, F. Rings, M. Hoelker, C. Phatsara, E. Tholen, A. Zimmer, K. Schellander and D. Tesfaye pp. 196-196 Full Text      196 EMBRYO BIOPSY TRANSCRIPTOMICS: A POTENTIAL TOOL TO IDENTIFY TRANSCRIPTS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ABILITY OF THE EMBRYO TO INDUCE PREGNANCY AFTER TRANSFER  D. Tesfaye, N. Ghanem, F. Rings, E. Tholen, C. Phatsara, K. Schellander and M. Hoelker pp. 196-197 Full Text      197 DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF FLUTAMIDE AND DI-(2-ETHYLHEXYL) PHTHALATE ON MALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS IN A RAT MODEL  T. T. B. Vo, E.-M. Jung, M.-G. Back, V. H. Dang, K.-C. Choi and E.-B. Jeung pp. 197-197 Full Text      198 KARYOPHERIN ALPHA EXPRESSION IN PORCINE OOCYTES AND EMBRYOS PRODUCED BY IN VITRO FERTILIZATION   X. Wang, L. Magnani and R. Cabot pp. 197-198 Abstract    |    Full Text      199 EFFECT OF PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND BREED ON RELATIVE GENE EXPRESSION IN BOVINE EMBRYOS  S. Wohlres-Viana, M. C. Boite, M. M. Pereira, W. F. Sa, J. H. M. Viana, M. A. Machado and L. S. A. Camargo pp. 198-198 Full Text      200 REPROGRAMMING OF Oct-4 FOLLOWING EQUINE SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  T. Xiang, S. Walker, K. Gregg, W. Zhou, V. Farrar, S. Sadeghieh, E. Hwang, B. Findeisen, F. Arenivas and I. Polejaeva pp. 198-198 Full Text      201 SODIUM/POTASSIUM/CALCIUM EXCHANGER 3, NCKX3, IS REGULATED BY ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE IN THE UTERUS OF MICE DURING ESTROUS CYCLE  H. Yang, K.-C. Choi and E.-B. Jeung pp. 199-199 Full Text      202 INDUCTION OF CALBINDIN-D9k EXPRESSION BY MELATONIN APPEARS TO BE INVOLVED IN HYDROGEN PEROXIDE-INDUCED CELL DEATH IN RAT PITUITARY GH3 CELLS  Y.-M. Yoo and E.-B. Jeung pp. 199-199 Full Text      203 EFFECT OF FRUCTOSE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE SEXED EMBRYOS IN VITRO  S. A. Chaubal, J. Xu, X. Yang and F. Du pp. 199-200 Full Text      204 RELATIVE MESSENGER RNA ABUNDANCE OF HYALURONAN RECEPTORS AND SYNTHASES ON IN VITRO- AND IN VIVO-DERIVED DAY 7 AND DAY 13 BOVINE EMBRYOS  M. Clemente, A. T. Palasz, J. de La Fuente, P. Lonergan, A. Gutierrez-Adan and D. Rizos pp. 200-200 Full Text      205 EFFECT OF OSTEOPONTIN ON CLEAVAGE AND BLASTOCYST RATES IN BUFFALO SPECIES (BUBALUS BUBALIS)  S. Di Francesco, E. Mariotti, M. Rubessa, G. Campanile, R. Di Palo, L. Zicarelli and B. Gasparrini pp. 200-201 Full Text      206 ALPHA6, BETA1, AND BETA3 INTEGRINS EXPRESSED BY SPERM MAY BE INVOLVED IN CATTLE FERTILIZATION   R. F. Gonçalves, R. P. Bertolla, R. A. Mortara and V. H. Barnabe pp. 201-201 Abstract    |    Full Text      207 DEVELOPMENT OF A ROUTINE IN VITRO EMBRYO PRODUCTION SYSTEM USING SINGLY IN VITRO-MATURED, FERTILIZED, AND CULTURED BOVINE OOCYTES  I. G. F. Goovaerts, J. L. M. R. Leroy, J. B. P. De Clercq, S. Andries and P. E. J. Bols pp. 201-202 Full Text      208 TIME LAPSE CINEMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF CLEAVAGE AND BLASTULATION IN BOVINE EMBRYOS OBTAINED BY OVUM PICKUP AND IN VITRO FERTILIZATION  K. Imai, T. Somfai, Y. Inaba, Y. Aikawa, M. Ohtake, S. Kobayashi and K. Konishi pp. 202-202 Full Text      209 A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF DEFINED, SEMI-DEFINED, AND UNDEFINED MATURATION MEDIA ON CLEAVAGE AND SUBSEQUENT EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT OF SHEEP OOCYTES  H. Karami Shabankareh and M. Zandi pp. 202-203 Full Text      210 CLEAVAGE ASSESSMENT AT DAY 2 TO PREDICT BLASTOCYST DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL IN PORCINE IN VITRO-FERTILIZED EMBRYOS  Y. J. Kim, Y. P. Jeon and S. H. Hyun pp. 203-203 Full Text      211 IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF SWAMP BUFFALO EMBRYOS BY INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION: EFFECT OF CHEMICAL ACTIVATION TREATMENTS  Y. Y. Liang, D. N. Ye, C. Laowtammathron, T. Phermthai and R. Parnpai pp. 203-204 Full Text      212 EFFECTS OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR ON THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND POLYSPERMY RATE OF OVINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED IN VITRO  H. Luo, X. Cao, Y. Zhao, P. Zhou and G. Shi pp. 204-204 Full Text      213 POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY REVEALS AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ZONA BIREFRINGENCE INTENSITY AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT IN BOVINE OOCYTES AND ZYGOTES  A. Mohammadi-Sangcheshmeh, M. Koester, T. Schimming, D. Tesfaye, M. Montag, K. Schellander and M. Hoelker pp. 204-205 Full Text      214 EFFECT OF OOCYTE SOURCE ON THE DEVELOPMENTAL CAPACITY OF SOUTH AFRICAN IN VITRO-PRODUCED INDIGENOUS CATTLE EMBRYOS  T. L. Nedambale, M. B. Raito and M. L. Mphaphathi pp. 205-205 Full Text      215 DISTRIBUTION OF DIMETHYLATION OF HISTONE H3K9 IS NOT AFFECTED BY DNA, MESSENGER RNA, AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN PRONUCLEAR-STAGE PORCINE EMBRYOS  K. E. Park and R. Cabot pp. 205-206 Full Text      216 COMPARISON BETWEEN A TRI-GAS THERMO INCUBATOR AND A MODULAR CHAMBER WITH PREMIXED GAS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE EMBRYOS IN VITRO  M. B. Raito, M. L. Mphaphathi, L. M. Schwalbach, J. P. C. Greyling and T. L. Nedambale pp. 206-206 Full Text      217 KINETICS OF SPERM PENETRATION IS CORRELATED WITH IN VITRO FERTILITY OF BUFFALO (BUBALUS BUBALIS) BULLS  M. Rubessa, M. Di Fenza, E. Mariotti, S. Di Francesco, C. de Dilectis, R. Di Palo, L. Zicarelli and B. Gasparrini pp. 206-207 Full Text      218 GENE AND PROTEIN EXPRESSION OF ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES IN BOVINE EMBRYOS EXPOSED TO HEAT SHOCK  M. Sakatani, K. Yamanaka and M. Takahashi pp. 207-207 Full Text      219 APPLICATION OF A MICROFLUIDIC SPERM SORTER TO THE IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF PORCINE EMBRYOS  H. Sano, K. Matsuura, K. Naruse and H. Funahashi pp. 208-208 Full Text      220 SYNERGISTIC EFFECT ON EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT BY INCLUSION OF SUPPLEMENTAL EMBRYOS IN AGAR CHIPS  E. M. Senatore, M. E. Mannino, M. V. Suarez Novoa, J. Xu, S. Chaubal, X. Yang, X. Tian, F. Du and G. A. Presicce pp. 208-208 Full Text      221 EFFECT OF ROCKING ON IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF BOVINE EMBRYOS  Y. Serita, C. Kubota and T. Kojima pp. 209-209 Full Text      222 THE USE OF IN VITRO FERTILIZATION TO STUDY BOVINE IDIOPATHIC INFERTILITY  L. G. B. Siqueira, C. W. Palmer and C. Lessard pp. 209-209 Full Text      223 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LENGTH OF CELL CYCLES, CLEAVAGE PATTERN, AND DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE DURING IN VITRO CULTURE OF IN VITRO-MATURED/IN VITRO-FERTILIZED BOVINE OOCYTES  T. Somfai, Y. Inaba, Y. Aikawa, M. Ohtake, S. Kobayashi, K. Konishi and K. Imai pp. 209-210 Full Text      224 USE OF STATISTICAL MODELS BASED ON BAYESIAN INFERENCE TO ESTIMATE FIELD FERTILITY OF NELORE BULLS BY USING DATA OBTAINED IN AN IN VITRO FERTILIZATION PROGRAM  M. J. Sudano, A. M. Crespilho, A. Martins, F. O. Papa, J. Rodrigues and F. C. Landim-Alvarenga pp. 210-210 Full Text      225 ANTI-APOPTOTIC EFFECT OF AGGREGATION ON PREIMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE IN VITRO-FERTILIZED EMBRYOS  S. W. Yoon, C. H. Park, S. G. Lee, H. M. Kim, J. K. Park, K. J. Uh, H. S. Kim and C. K. Lee pp. 210-211 Full Text      226 TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION PATTERN IN PORCINE EJACULATED AND EPIDIDYMAL CAPACITATED BOAR SPERM  K. Aviles-Lopez, F. A. Garcia-Vazquez and C. Matas pp. 211-211 Full Text      227 AN ALTERATION IN GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS INDUCED BY DI-(2 ETHYLHEXYL) PHTHALATE AND FLUTAMIDE IN THE TESTIS OF IMMATURE MALE RATS  K.-C. Choi, T. T. B. Vo, E.-M. Jung, V. H. Dang and E.-B. Jeung pp. 211-212 Full Text      228 BOAR FERTILITY AND SPERM CHROMATIN STRUCTURE ASSAY DEFINED SPERM DNA FRAGMENTATION  D. P. Evenson, K. Kasperson, R. L. Wixon and B. A. Didion pp. 212-212 Full Text      229 INFLUENCE OF SPERM TREATMENT ON SPERM HEAD DECONDENSATION FERTILIZING WITH EJACULATED AND EPIDIDYMAL PORCINE SPERM BY ICSI  F. A. Garcia-Vazquez, K. Aviles-Lopez and C. Matas pp. 212-212 Full Text      230 COMPARISON OF SEMEN SAMPLES FROM NORMAL AND MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AFFECTED ANIMAL MODELS BY THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES TEST AND FLUORESCENCE-ACTIVATED CELL SORTING ANALYSIS  M. A. Peres, M. Nichi, A. M. Rocha, C. M. Mendes, P. B. Cavalcanti, J. S. A. Gonçalves, J. A. Visintin and M. E. O. A. Assumpção pp. 213-213 Full Text      231 SPERM SUBPOPULATIONS IN THE KOALA (PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS) EJACULATE  N. Satake, S. D. Johnston and W. V. Holt pp. 213-214 Full Text      232 OIL SOURCES AND VITAMIN E IN THE DIET ON THE BOAR SEMEN QUALITY PRESERVED AT 5°C  C. A. A. Torres, E. A. M. Amorim, L. S. Amorim, J. K. Graham, J. D. Guimarães, L. D. S. Murgas, E. P. Costa, G. R. Carvalho and P. L. Romualdo pp. 214-214 Full Text      233 DEHIDROLEUCODINE INDUCES PARTHENOGENETIC ACTIVATION OF BOVINE OOCYTES  N. Canel and D. Salamone pp. 214-215 Full Text      234 MECHANISMS OF SPONTANEOUS ACTIVATION IN RAT OOCYTES  T. Chebotareva, J. Mullins and I. Wilmut pp. 215-215 Full Text      235 A COMPARISON OF PARTHENOGENETIC DEVELOPMENT OF PORCINE OOCYTES SYNCHRONISED DURING MATURATION BY CYCLOHEXIMIDE OR cAMP  W. C. Chen, J. Zhu, P. Fisher, D. Amarnath and K. H. S. Campbell pp. 215-216 Full Text      236 CREATION OF PARTHENOGENETIC SHEEP EMBRYOS: EFFECTS OF SERUM AND BREEDING SEASON  A. T. Grazul-Bilska, P. P. Borowicz, D. A. Redmer, J. J. Bilski and L. P. Reynolds pp. 216-216 Full Text      237 SHORT-TERM TREATMENT OF 6-DMAP AND DEMECOLCINE IMPROVE DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF PORCINE PARTHENOGENETIC EMBRYOS  S. J. Park, O. J. Koo, D. K. Kwon, H. J. Park, S. S. Lee, Y. H. Nam and B. C. Lee pp. 216-217 Full Text      238 CAFFEINE PREVENTS A LOSS OF CALCIUM OSCILLATORY RESPONSE ASSOCIATED WITH POSTOVULATORY AGING OF MOUSE OOCYTES  T. Wakai, N. Zhang and R. A. Fissore pp. 217-217 Full Text      239 CANINE OOCYTES CAN BE SPONTANEOUSLY PARTHENOGENERATED AND DEVELOPED TO 2-CELL TO 8-CELL STAGE PARTHENOGENERATED EMBRYOS IN COCULTURE SYSTEM WHICH THEY WERE COCULTURED WITH OVIDUCT CELLS OR OVIDUCT EXTRACTS  L. X. Wang, S. Wang, J. Hou, Y. F. Chen, R. L. Hu and X. R. An pp. 217-217 Full Text      240 EFFECTS OF TIMING AND DIPLOIDIZATION ON ACTIVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAT OOCYTES  J. Zhu, D. Amarnath and K. Campbell pp. 218-218 Full Text      241 DIBUTYRYL CYCLIC AMP AND EGF-LIKE FACTORS SUPPORT IN VITRO MATURATION OF PORCINE OOCYTES IN A CHEMICALLY DEFINED MEDIUM WITHOUT GONADOTROPINS  Y. Akaki, K. Yoshioka and H. Funahashi pp. 218-219 Full Text      242 DETECTION OF MICROTUBULES BY POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY IN BOVINE OOCYTES  J. N. Caamaño, C. Díez, M. Muñoz, D. Martin, R. Morató, T. Mogas, S. Carrocera and E. Gómez pp. 219-219 Full Text      243 EFFECT OF OOCYTE RECOVERY TECHNIQUES ON IN VITRO MATURATION OF SWINE OOCYTES  F. R. O. de Barros, M. G. Marques, M. D. Goissis, M. A. Peres, M. P. Milazzotto, F. S. Maria, M. E. O. A. Assumpção and J. A. Visintin pp. 219-219 Full Text      244 ENDOTOXIN AFFECTS OOCYTE DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE IN DAIRY COWS  A. Dvir, G. Leitner, U. Moallem, Y. Lavon and Z. Roth pp. 220-220 Full Text      245 CONNEXIN 43 mRNA EXPRESSION AT DIFFERENT TIME POINT IN IN VITRO MATURATION OF BUFFALO OOCYTES  S. C. Gupta, A. Pandey and N. Gupta pp. 220-220 Full Text      246 INDUCTION OF MEIOTIC ARREST IN IMMATURE FELINE OOCYTES WITH ROSCOVITINE AND DIBUTYRYL CYCLIC-AMP  C. B. Hanna, T. M. Glover and C. R. Long pp. 221-221 Full Text      247 CANDIDATE mRNA REGULATING MEIOTIC RESUMPTION IN BOVINE CUMULUS-OOCYTE COMPLEXES   J. E. Hicks and C. E. Farin pp. 221-221 Abstract    |    Full Text      248 INVOLVEMENT OF THE SPHINGOLIPID, CERAMIDE, IN HEAT SHOCK-INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN BOVINE OOCYTE  D. Kalo and Z. Roth pp. 222-222 Full Text      249 THE DIRECT AND CUMULUS-MEDIATED EFFECTS OF PROLACTIN ON BOVINE OOCYTES  I. Lebedeva, M. Vejlsted, N. Volkova, G. Singina and M. Schmidt pp. 222-222 Full Text      250 EFFECT OF LOW OXYGEN TENSION ATMOSPHERE AND MATURATION MEDIA ON IN VITRO-MATURED SWINE OOCYTES  M. G. Marques, F. R. O. de Barros, M. D. Goissis, P. V. Cavalcanti, A. C. Nicacio, W. B. Feitosa, M. E. O. A. Assumpção and J. A. Visintin pp. 223-223 Full Text      251 EVALUATION OF mRNA POLYADENYLATION STATUS OF CELL CYCLE-RELATED GENES IN BOVINE OOCYTES DURING MATURATION: PARTIAL RESULTS  M. P. Milazzotto, F. F. Paula-Lopes, W. B. Feitosa, R. Simoes, A. C. Nicacio, M. I. Giassetti, J. A. Visintin and M. E. O. A. Assumpção pp. 223-223 Full Text      252 EFFECTS OF IN VITRO MATURATION AND AGE ON OOCYTE METAPHASE SPINDLE INTEGRITY AND CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION IN THE RHESUS MONKEY  S. M. Nichols, J. A. Gonzalez-Martinez and B. D. Bavister pp. 224-224 Full Text      253 DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF BOVINE OOCYTES MATURED IN SERUM-FREE MEDIUM UNDER LOW OXYGEN TENSION  M. M. Pereira, F. Q. Costa, P. H. A. Campos, R. V. Serapiao, J. Polisseni, B. C. Carvalho, J. H. M. Viana, W. F. Sa, M. A. Machado and L. S. A. Camargo pp. 224-224 Full Text      254 DYNAMICS OF GOLGI APPARATUS DURING BOVINE OOCYTE IN VITRO MATURATION: EFFECTS OF INHIBITORS ON CDC2A AND CYTOPLASMIC-DYNEIN ATPase ACTIVITY  S. E. Racedo, V. Y. Rawe and H. Niemann pp. 225-225 Full Text      255 DIURNAL RHYTHMS OF GLUCOSE AND NON-ESTERIFIED FATTY ACID CONCENTRATIONS IN BLOOD IN HEAT-STRESSED DAIRY CATTLE IN EGYPT  M. A. M. M. Shehab-El-Deen, J. L. M. R. Leroy, M. Fadel, S. Saleh, D. Maes and A. Van Soom pp. 225-226 Full Text      256 LEPTIN AND GLUCOSE INFLUENCE PORCINE NUCLEAR MATURATION  E. Silva and R. L. Krisher pp. 226-226 Full Text      257 DEVELOPMENT OF HEAT-STRESSED OVA MATURED IN THE PRESENCE OF A PROSTAGLANDIN F2ALPHA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST   A. M. Ward, F. N. Schrick, R. R. Payton, E. Peixoto and J. L. Edwards pp. 226-227 Abstract    |    Full Text      258 FACTORS AFFECTING COMMERCIAL SEXING PROGRAM AND MULTIPLE GENETIC ANALYSIS PERSPECTIVES OF IN VITRO-PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS  R. V. Alonso, J. A. A. Hellú, S. H. V. Perri, J. A. Visintin and J. F. Garcia pp. 227-227 Full Text      259 A RAPID, NON-PCR-BASED BOVINE EMBRYO BIOPSY SEXING ASSAY  R. Bleher, W. Erwin, A. M. Paprocki, C. M. Syverson, R. Koppang and B. A. Didion pp. 227-227 Full Text      260 ULTRARAPID NON-ELECTOPHORETIC PCR-SEXING OF BOVINE EMBRYOS  P. Bredbacka and E. Reinikainen pp. 227-228 Full Text      261 FOALS PRODUCED AFTER ICSI USING FROZEN, SEX-SORTED, REFROZEN SPERM  E. M. Carnevale, J. K. Graham, T. K. Suh, J. E. Stokes and E. L. Squires pp. 228-228 Full Text      262 ICSI OF EQUINE OOCYTES WITH SEX-SORTED FROZEN-THAWED SEMEN RESULTS IN LOW CLEAVAGE RATE BUT NORMAL EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT AND PREGNANCIES   S. Colleoni, M. Spinaci, R. Duchi, B. Merlo, C. Tamanini, G. Lazzari, G. Mari and C. Galli pp. 228-229 Abstract    |    Full Text      263 LABELING BOVINE SPERM Y-CHROMOSOME SEQUENCE USING DNA MIMICS  B. A. Didion and R. Bleher pp. 229-229 Full Text      264 TESTOSTERONE IN THE OOCYTE CULTURE DOES NOT ALTER SEX-RATIO OF IN VITRO PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS  C. Díez, P. Bermejo-Alvarez, A. Gutiérrez-Adan, J. N. Caamaño, M. Muñoz, S. Carrocera, D. Martín and E. Gómez pp. 229-230 Full Text      265 SEXING OF BOVINE EMBRYOS BASED ON PCR TECHNIQUE  E. Koban, A. Tas, Ö. Aslan, T. Akkoc, S. Arat and H. Bagis pp. 230-230 Full Text      266 WHOLE GENOME AMPLIFICATION ON BLASTOMERS OF POST-BIOPSY BOVINE EMBRYO  J. Polisseni, M. A. Machado, A. L. Souza, R. Domingues, M. O. Guerra, R. V. Serapiao, M. M. Pereira, W. F. Sa, B. C. Carvalho, L. S. A. Camargo, J. H. M. Viana and V. M. Peters pp. 230-231 Full Text      267 DIFFERENCES IN BULL SPERM NUCLEAR SHAPE BETWEEN FLOW-SORTED AND NON-SORTED SPERM USING FOURIER HARMONIC ANALYSIS  J. R. Schindler, R. L. Monson, K. L. Willenburg and J. J. Parrish pp. 231-231 Full Text      268 IDENTIFICATION OF X- AND Y-BEARING SPERMATOZOA IN SORTED BUFFALO (BUBALUS BUBALIS) SEMEN BY FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION  M. Zhang, X. J. Zhuang, Y. Q. Lu, C. H. Hu, S. S. Lu and K. H. Lu pp. 231-232 Full Text      269 DEMETHYLATION DYNAMICS OF PATERNAL GENOMES IN PRONUCLEAR BOVINE ZYGOTES PRODUCED BY IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AND INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION WITH NONDRIED OR FREEZE-DRIED SPERMATOZOA  H. Abdalla, I. Umayahara, N. Ohnami, M. Hirabayashi and S. Hochi pp. 232-232 Full Text      270 PRETREATMENTS OF PORCINE SPERM BEFORE INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION AFFECT QUANTITY OF PLCZETA;   M. Nakai, J. Ito, K. Sato, J. Noguchi, H. Kaneko, N. Kashiwazaki and K. Kikuchi pp. 232-233 Abstract    |    Full Text      271 THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON HUMAN TESTICULAR TISSUE TO OPTIMIZE THE IN VITRO MATURATION OF PRE-FREEZE MOTILITY  M. C. Schiewe, A. Spitz and R. E. Anderson pp. 233-233 Full Text      272 LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR SIGNALING PATHWAY IN PIG PARTHENOGENETIC PLURIPOTENT CELLS  T. A. L. Brevini, G. Pennarossa, S. Antonini and F. Gandolfi pp. 233-234 Full Text      273 SELECTION OF PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS INDUCED BY XENOPUS EGG EXTRACTS  C.-Y. Chiang and P.-C. Tang pp. 234-234 Full Text      274 POTENTIAL OF BOVINE MARROW STROMAL CELLS CULTURED AT DIFFERENT PASSAGES TO DIFFERENTIATE INTO ADIPOCYTE-LIKE CELLS  J. W. Feng, X. J. Bai, J. Zhao, M. Murakami and Y. J. Dong pp. 234-234 Full Text      275 DERIVATION OF PLURIPOTENT CELL LINES FROM PIG EMBRYOS: IN VITRO-FERTILIZED V. PARTHENOGENTIC ACTIVATION  F. Gandolfi, G. Pennarossa, L. Attanasio, S. Antonini, B. Gasparrini and T. A. L. Brevini pp. 235-235 Full Text      276 EXPRESSION OF CD9 AND ALPHA6-INTEGRIN IN PORCINE BLASTOCYSTS   M. D. Goissis, F. R. O. de Barros, M. G. Marques, C. M. Mendes, M. P. Milazzotto, C. H. C. Viana, M. E. O. A. Assumpção and J. A. Visintin pp. 235-235 Abstract    |    Full Text      277 PLASMID MEDIATED EXPERIMENTAL TELOMERE EXTENSION IN BOVINE EMBRYOS BY ECTOPIC EXPRESSION OF HUMAN TERT  K. Iqbal, W. A. Kues and H. Niemann pp. 235-236 Full Text      278 EFFECT OF XENOESTROGENS ON THE DIFFERENTIATION OF MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS  E.-M. Jeung, K.-C. Choi and E.-B. Jeung pp. 236-236 Full Text      279 COMPARISONS OF BONE MARROW AND PUTATIVE SKIN-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS AS DONOR FOR NUCLEAR TRANSFER IN MINIATURE PIG  E. J. Kang, B. U. Park, H. J. Song, Y. I. Yang, M. J. Kim, K. H. Maeng, B. G. Jeon, S. L. Lee and G. J. Rho pp. 236-237 Full Text      280 MULTILINEAGE POTENTIAL OF PORCINE BONE MARROW AND ADIPOSE-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS IN 3-D ALGINATE HYDROGELS  D. Kim, A. J. Maki, H.-J. Kong, E. Monaco, M. Bionaz, W. L. Hurley and M. B. Wheeler pp. 237-237 Full Text      281 ATTEMPTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF PORCINE EMBRYONIC STEM-LIKE CELLS DERIVED FROM IN VITRO-PRODUCED BLASTOCYSTS  H. M. Kim, J. K. Park, S. G. Lee, C. H. Park, S. W. Yoon, K. J. Uh, H. S. Kim and C. K. Lee pp. 237-238 Full Text      282 ADIPOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION IN VITRO OF PORCINE ADULT MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS  E. Monaco, A. Lima, S. Wilson, S. Lane, M. Bionaz, W. L. Hurley and M. B. Wheeler pp. 238-238 Full Text      283 COMPARATIVE CHARACTERIZATIONS OF PORCINE MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS AND SKIN-DERIVED CELLS  S. A. Ock, B. G. Jeon, D. O. Kwack and G. J. Rho pp. 238-239 Full Text      284 DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN EXPRESSION OF PLURIPOTENT GENES IN EARLY EQUINE EMBRYOS  D. B. B. P. Paris, E. W. Kuijk, B. A. J. Roelen and T. A. E. Stout pp. 239-239 Full Text      285 ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BOVINE ADIPOSE-DERIVED SOMATIC STEM CELLS  A. A. Picou, R. A. MacLean, B. Dresser, R. A. Godke and K. R. Bondioli pp. 239-240 Full Text      286 ESTABLISHMENT OF PORCINE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL-LIKE CULTURES USING DIFFERENT MEDIA  M. A. Rasmussen, K. Schauser, V. J. Hall, M. Schmidt and P. Maddox-Hyttel pp. 240-240 Full Text      287 IMPACT OF CULTURE ENVIRONMENT ON COLONY FORMATION OF CELLS ISOLATED FROM TESTES OF PREPUBERTAL AND ADULT BULLS  G. M. Schuenemann, J. L. Edwards, L. Rispoli, N. R. Rohrbach, A. M. Saxton and F. N. Schrick pp. 240-241 Full Text      288 CHARACTERIZATION OF PORCINE ADIPOSE TISSUE-DERIVED ADULT STEM CELL SURFACE PROTEINS  K. J. Williams, R. A. Godke and K. R. Bondioli pp. 241-241 Full Text      289 COOPERATIVE EXPRESSION OF PLURIPOTENCY-RELATED GENES AND NEURAL CREST MARKER GENES IN PORCINE GFP-TRANSGENIC SKIN-DERIVED PROGENITORS  M. T. Zhao, C. S. Isom, J. G. Zhao, Y. H. Hao, J. Ross, J. Whyte, Y. Zhang and R. S. Prather pp. 241-242 Full Text      290 OPTIMAL OF DOSE OF OVINE PITUITARY GLAND EXTRACT OVAGEN® FOR SUPERSTIMULATION OF BEEF COW DONORS IN ARGENTINA  G. Brogliatti, J. Villarreal, L. Cutaia, A. Albrech, A. Garcia Guerra and G. A. Bó pp. 242-242 Full Text      291 SUPEROVULATORY RESPONSE IN BEEF CATTLE TREATED DURING THE FIRST FOLLICULAR WAVE FOLLOWING SYNCHRONIZATION OF OVULATION WITH A PROGESTIN DEVICE AND GnRH  D. Carballo Guerrero, A. Tríbulo, R. Tríbulo, H. Tríbulo and G. A. Bó pp. 242-243 Full Text      292 EFFECT OF A SINGLE INJECTION OF FSH DISSOLVED IN POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL ON SUPEROVULATION RESPONSE IN KOREAN NATIVE COWS  S. H. Choi, K. H. Cho and Y. S. Park pp. 243-243 Full Text      293 SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION OF FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE FOR SUPEROVULATION OF HOLSTEIN COWS  P. W. Farin, K. M. Dowdall, J. E. Hicks, C. E. Farin and C. S. Whisnant pp. 243-244 Full Text      294 EFFECT OF SPERMATOZOA MOTILITY ON TRANSFERABLE EMBRYO RATE OF SUPEROVULATED JAPANESE BLACK CATTLE  K. Hayama, M. Takeuchi, A. Ideta, M. Urakawa, M. Sasatani, Y. Nagamune and Y. Aoyagi pp. 244-244 Full Text      295 DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY OF THE OVARIAN ARTERIES IN SUPEROVULATED CATTLE  Ä Honnens, C. Klein, K.-G. Hadeler, H. Niemann, H. Bollwein and C. Wrenzycki pp. 244-245 Full Text      296 EFFECT OF GnRH AND ESTRADIOL BENZOATE INJECTION ON SUPEROVULATORY RESPONSE IN EARLY POSTPARTUM SUCKLING JAPANESE BLACK COWS  K. Oshima, Y. Ochiai, T. Kojima and N. Yamamoto pp. 245-245 Full Text      297 LACK OF IMPROVEMENT ON EMBRYO PRODUCTION BY THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LAST TWO DOSES OF pFSH BY eCG IN SUPERSTIMULATED NELORE HEIFERS  R. Sartori, M. M. Guardieiro, C. M. Barros, M. R. Bastos, G. M. Machado, L. O. Leme and R. Rumpf pp. 245-246 Full Text      298 COMPARISON OF THREE DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS FOR SUPERSTIMULATION OF DAIRY CATTLE  R. G. Steel and J. F. Hasler pp. 246-246 Full Text      299 BIOACTIVE, BACTERIAL-DERIVED RECOMBINANT BOVINE FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE  M. E. Wilson, J. C. Morris and J. R. Gibbons pp. 246-247 Full Text      300 DEVELOPMENT OF TETRACYCLINE-REGULATED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN EXPRESSING TRANSGENIC RATS BY LENTIVIRAL VECTOR  C. Agca, A. Chan and Y. Agca pp. 247-247 Full Text      301 INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION (ICSI) MEDIATED GENE TRANSFER ASSISTED BY ACTIVATION WITH A DOUBLE EXPOSURE TO IONOMYCIN AND 6-DIMETHYLAMINOPURINE OR DEHYDROLEUCODINE  R. J. Bevacqua, F. Pereyra-Bonnet, R. Olivera and D. F. Salamone pp. 247-248 Full Text      302 CONFIRMATION OF GERM-LINE TRANSMISSION OF RED FLUORESCENCE PROTEIN TRANSGENIC MALE CAT  S. J. Cho, Y. S. Lee, E. G. Choi, J. I. Bang, X. F. Yu and I. K. Kong pp. 248-248 Full Text      303 EFFECT OF THE PRESENCE OF EXOGENOUS DNA AND RECOMBINASE-A PROTEIN ON THE BOAR SPERM FUNCTIONALITY  J. Gadea, A. Gutierrez-Adan and F. A. Garcia-Vazquez pp. 248-249 Full Text      304 PRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC CHICKENS EXPRESSING HUMAN ERYTHROPOIETIN IN A TETRACYCLINE-INDUCIBLE MANNER  B. Koo, M. Kwon, J. Roh, H. Lee, N. Kim and T. Kim pp. 249-249 Full Text      305 REPROGRAMMING EVENTS IN EARLY BOVINE AND MURINE EMBRYOS ARE MIRRORED BY PLASMID-ENCODED MARKER CONSTRUCTS  W. A. Kues, K. Iqbal, B. Barg-Kues and H. Niemann pp. 249-250 Full Text      306 GENERATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN A20 TRANSGENIC PIGS BY SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  M. Oropeza, B. Petersen, E. Lemme, A. Lucas-Hahn, A. L. Queisser, D. Herrmann, P. Hassel and H. Niemann pp. 250-250 Full Text      307 TRANSGENIC OVINE EMBRYOS BY ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION, IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AND INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION  F. Pereyra-Bonnet, A. Gibbons, M. Cueto, R. Fernández-Martín and D. Salamone pp. 250-251 Full Text      308 DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSGENIC LIVESTOCK WITH REDUCED MYOSTATIN EXPRESSION USING RNA INTERFERENCE  K. Tessanne, T. Stroud, C. Long, G. Hannon, S. Sadeghieh, E. Hwang, S. Chen, I. Polejaeva and M. Westhusin pp. 251-251 Full Text      309 PRODUCTION OF CATTLE BY NUCLEAR TRANSFER FROM CELLS IN WHICH A GENE IS DISRUPTED  M. Urakawa, Y. Sendai, A. Ideta, K. Hayama, Y. Shinkai, T. Sawada, H. Hoshi and Y. Aoyagi pp. 251-252 Full Text      310 MARKER-GENE EXCISION IN TRANSGENIC CLONED SOMATIC CELLS AND EFFECTS ON RECLONED EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN CATTLE  S. H. Wang, X. Z. Sun, F. R. Ding, K. Zhang, R. Zhao, S. Li, R. Li, B. Tang, L. Zhang, J. Li, F. L. Gao, H. P. Wang, L. L. Wang, Y. P. Dai and N. Li pp. 252-252 Full Text      311 RISK ANALYSIS OF ALPHA-LACTALBUMIN TRANSGENE TRANSFER TO NON-TRANSGENIC CONTROL ANIMALS DURING REARING AND BREEDING   M. B. Wheeler, W. L. Hurley, S. Lane, J. Mosley, G. E. Bressner, E. Monaco and S. M. Wilson pp. 252-253 Abstract    |    Full Text      312 CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIFICALLY EXPRESSED VECTOR IN MAMMARY GLAND FOR lacS AND ITS TRANSFECTION INTO BOVINE FETAL FIBROBLASTS MEDIATED BY LIPOSOME  Z. H. Zhou, Z. J. Yan and L. J. Zhang pp. 253-253 Full Text      313 ASSESSMENT OF LUTEAL FUNCTION IN TOGGENBURG GOATS BY COMPUTER-ASSISTED IMAGE ANALYSIS  E. K. N. Arashiro, J. H. M. Viana, J. F. Fonseca, L. G. B. Siqueira, J. H. Bruschi, L. S. Camargo, C. A. C. Fernandes and F. Z. Brandao pp. 253-254 Full Text      314 EARLY PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS USING A NOVEL TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY PROTOCOL IN JAPANESE BLACK COWS  A. Gaja, C. Kubota and T. Kojima pp. 254-254 Full Text      315 USE OF PERIFOLLICULAR BLOOD FLOW TO PREDICT THE DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF BOVINE CUMULUS-OOCYTE COMPLEXES COLLECTED DURING REPEATED OVUM PICKUP SESSIONS ONCE OR TWICE WEEKLY   A. Hanstedt, K. Höffmann, Ä Honnens, H. Bollwein and C. 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