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Table of Contents     |     Next Issue >>   Reproduction, Fertility and Development Volume 22 Number 1 2010 Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Embryo Transfer Society, Córdoba, Argentina, 9–12 January 2010 Full Papers and Abstracts for Poster Presentation IETS 2010 author index  pp. 383-393 PDF (112 KB)   IETS 2010 abstracts  pp. 159-381 PDF (3.5 MB) - $50.00        Recipient of the 2010 IETS Pioneer Award: Reuben John Mapletoft, DVM, MSc, PhD  pp. xxxv-xxxviii PDF (185 KB)   Coordinated regulation of follicle development by germ and somatic cells  Mario Binelli and Bruce D. Murphy pp. 1-12 Abstract     |    PDF (1.3 MB) - $25.00        Mammalian oocyte development: checkpoints for competence  Trudee Fair pp. 13-20 Abstract     |    PDF (208 KB) - $25.00        Is the zona pellucida an efficient barrier to viral infection?  A. Van Soom, A. E. Wrathall, A. Herrler and H. J. Nauwynck pp. 21-31 Abstract     |    PDF (525 KB) - $25.00        Towards the use of microfluidics for individual embryo culture  R. L. Krisher and M. B. Wheeler pp. 32-39 Abstract     |    PDF (341 KB) - $25.00        Challenge testing of gametes to enhance their viability  Henrik Callesen pp. 40-46 Abstract     |    PDF (169 KB) - $25.00        Applications of RNA interference-based gene silencing in animal agriculture  Charles R. Long, Kimberly J. Tessanne and Michael C. Golding pp. 47-58 Abstract     |    PDF (244 KB) - $25.00        Effects of gamete source and culture conditions on the competence of in vitro-produced embryos for post-transfer survival in cattle  Peter J. Hansen, Jeremy Block, Barbara Loureiro, Luciano Bonilla and Katherine E. M. Hendricks pp. 59-66 Abstract     |    PDF (270 KB) - $25.00        Bovine embryo transfer recipient synchronisation and management in tropical environments  Pietro S. Baruselli, Roberta M. Ferreira, Manoel F. Sá Filho, Luiz F. T. Nasser, Carlos A. Rodrigues and Gabriel A. Bó pp. 67-74 Abstract     |    PDF (305 KB) - $25.00        Pregnancy recognition and abnormal offspring syndrome in cattle  C. E. Farin, W. T. Farmer and P. W. Farin pp. 75-87 Abstract     |    PDF (286 KB) - $25.00        Delivery of cloned offspring: experience in Zebu cattle (Bos indicus)  Flávio V. Meirelles, Eduardo H. Birgel, Felipe Perecin, Marcelo Bertolini, Anneliese S. Traldi, José Rodrigo V. Pimentel, Eliza R. Komninou, Juliano R. Sangalli, Paulo Fantinato Neto, Mariana Tikuma Nunes, Fábio Celidonio Pogliani, Flávia D. P. Meirelles, Flávia S. Kubrusly, Camila I. Vannucchi and Liege C. G. Silva pp. 88-97 Abstract     |    PDF (444 KB) - $25.00        Systems biology of embryogenesis  Lucas B. Edelman, Sriram Chandrasekaran and Nathan D. Price pp. 98-105 Abstract     |    PDF (281 KB) - $25.00        New approaches to superovulation in the cow  Gabriel A. Bó, Daniel Carballo Guerrero, Andrés Tríbulo, Humberto Tríbulo, Ricardo Tríbulo, Dragan Rogan and Reuben J. Mapletoft pp. 106-112 Abstract     |    PDF (234 KB) - $25.00        New approaches to superovulation and embryo transfer in small ruminants  A. Menchaca, M. Vilariño, M. Crispo, T. de Castro and E. Rubianes pp. 113-118 Abstract     |    PDF (231 KB) - $25.00        Synthetic media for culture, freezing and vitrification of bovine embryos  J. F. Hasler pp. 119-125 Abstract     |    PDF (233 KB) - $25.00        Use of equine chorionic gonadotrophin in synchronised AI of seasonal-breeding, pasture-based, anoestrous dairy cattle  M. A. Bryan, G. A. Bó, C. Heuer and F. R. Emslie pp. 126-131 Abstract     |    PDF (231 KB) - $25.00        Use of knowledge regarding LH receptors to improve superstimulatory treatments in cattle  Ciro M. Barros, Ronaldo L. Ereno, Renato A. L. Simões, Paulo Fernandes, José Buratini and Marcelo F. G. Nogueira pp. 132-137 Abstract     |    PDF (220 KB) - $25.00        Brief introduction to whole-genome selection in cattle using single nucleotide polymorphisms  G. E. Seidel pp. 138-144 Abstract     |    PDF (167 KB) - $25.00        Practical applications of new research information in the practice of bovine embryo transfer  C. R. Looney and J. H. Pryor pp. 145-150 Abstract     |    PDF (213 KB) - $25.00        Factors affecting fertilisation and early embryo quality in single- and superovulated dairy cattle  Roberto Sartori, Michele R. Bastos and Milo C. Wiltbank pp. 151-158 Abstract     |    PDF (215 KB) - $25.00        1 PROGESTERONE AS THE DRIVING REGULATORY FORCE BEHIND SERUM FSH CONCENTRATIONS AND ANTRAL FOLLICULAR GROWTH IN CYCLIC EWES  T. E. Baby and P. M. Bartlewski pp. 159-159 Full Text      2 IDENTIFICATION OF FIVE GENES EXPRESSED PREFERENTIALLY FROM THE PATERNAL X CHROMOSOME  P. Bermejo-Álvarez, D. Rizos, P. Lonergan and A. Gutiérrez-Adán pp. 159-159 Full Text      3 ANALYSIS OF HOX EXPRESSION IN BOVINE OOCYTES AND EARLY EMBRYOS  D. Paul, W. Sonnet, R. Rezsohazy and I. Donnay pp. 159-160 Full Text      4 CHARACTERIZATION OF LENTIVIRAL SHORT-HAIRPIN RNA EXPRESSION VECTORS CONTAINING SINGLE OR MULTIPLE BOVINE POLYMERASE III PROMOTERS  M. Peoples, M. Westhusin, M. Golding and C. Long pp. 160-160 Full Text      5 CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NEWBORN OVARY HOMEOBOX GENE (NOBOX) IN CATTLE  S. K. Tripurani, K. B. Lee, L. Wang, G. W. Smith and J. Yao pp. 160-161 Full Text      6 EFFICIENT TRANSGENESIS IN BOVINE EMBRYOS BY FERTILIZATION WITH ANDROGENETIC TRANSGENIC BLASTOMERES  G. Vichera, F. Pereyra-Bonnet, R. Olivera, P. Sipowicz, M. Radrizzani and D. Salamone pp. 161-161 Full Text      7 ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IN BOS INDICUS WITH SEMEN IN SIMULTANEOUS POOL OF MULTIPLE BULLS  J. R. S. Torres-Júnior, J. A. T. Souza, M. I. S. Silva, J. S. Costa, G. S. Lima, A. C. Pereira Júnior, W. O. Melo and H. M. U. S. B. Aguiar pp. 161-162 Full Text      8 EFFECT OF SEMEN TYPES (SEXED v. NONSEXED) ON CONCEPTION RATES OF GIROLANDO HEIFERS INSEMINATED IN FIXED-TIME AI  J. Almeida, O. A. Resende and D. L. Silveira pp. 162-162 Full Text      9 EFFECT OF FLUSHING WITH PROTEIN SOURCES OF DIFFERENT DEGRADABILITY ON OVULATION NUMBER IN Santa Inês EWES  N. G. Alves, G. A. Saunders, J. R. O. Pérez, J. C. Souza, J. A. Muniz, G. B. Lazarin, L. L. Bitencourt, A. José Neto and E. A. Moraes pp. 162-163 Full Text      10 EFFECT OF USING PROTECTIVE AI COVER SHEATHS ON FERTILITY OF LACTATING DAIRY COWS  S. Bas, A. Hoet, P. Rajala-Schultz, D. Sanders and G. M. Schuenemann pp. 163-163 Full Text      11 FERTILITY EVALUATION OF THE GOAT SEMEN DILUTED IN CITRATE-EGG YOLK EXTENDER WITH HIGH OR LOW EGG YOLK CONCENTRATION, COOLED AND STORED AT 5°C FOR 24 HOURS  C. A. S. Bispo, M. P. Palhão, P. G. B. Coelho, G. R. Carvalho, S. L. Costa, T. P. Machado, G. Pugliesi and P. G. Ker pp. 163-164 Full Text      12 QUANTIFICATION OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES IN BOVINE SEMEN WITH DIFFERENT SEMINAL QUALITY AND WITH EXTENDER CONTAINING ANTIOXIDANT EVALUATED BY ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION  J. C. Borges, M. R. Silva, A. C. Tedesco, D. S. Costa, C. R. Esper and P. H. Franceschini pp. 164-164 Full Text      13 USE OF A NEW INTRAVAGINAL DEVICE TO RELEASE PROGESTERONE IN FIXED-TIMED ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IN NELLORE COWS (BOS TAURUS INDICUS)  F. A. Braga, F. J. D. Pardo, P. H. Miguez, A. Kehrle, J. R. V. Pimentel, C. C. Rocha and E. H. Madureira pp. 164-165 Full Text      14 DEEP INTRAUTERINE FIXED-TIME ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION USING SEXED SEMEN IN HOLSTEIN HEIFERS  G. M. Brogliatti, G. Dominguez, M. G. Lüssenhoff, J. Perkins and G. A. Bó pp. 165-165 Full Text      15 INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION USING FROZEN–THAWED BOAR SEMEN IN SPONTANEOUS AND INDUCED OVULATING SOWS UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS  K. Buranaamnuay, P. Tummaruk and M. Techakumphu pp. 165-166 Full Text      16 MODIFICATION TO INTRAVAGINAL PROGESTERONE + ESTRADIOL-BASED ESTROUS SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOLS TO IMPROVE OVARIAN RESPONSES IN BOS INDICUS HEIFERS  S. A. A. Butler, N. J. Phillips, G. Boe-Hansen, G. A. Bó, B. M. Burns, M. J. D'Occhio and M. R. McGowan pp. 166-166 Full Text      17 EFFECT OF A PROGESTERONE INTRAVAGINAL DEVICE ON PREGNANCY RATE IN CROSSBREED DAIRY COWS UNDER TROPICAL CONDITIONS  J. Cardenas, G. E. Portillo, C. Lucena, M. Cabezas and A. A. Kowalski pp. 166-167 Full Text      18 EFFECT OF GnRH TREATMENT IN LH SECRETION IN INTACT AND OVARIECTOMIZED NELLORE HEIFERS  D. Cardoso, F. F. Guerra and G. P. Nogueira pp. 167-167 Full Text      19 BEEF CATTLE PREGNANCY RATES FOLLOWING INSEMINATION WITH AGED FROZEN ANGUS SEMEN  D. B. Carwell, J. A. Pitchford, G. T. Gentry Jr, H. Blackburn, K. R. Bondioli and R. A. Godke pp. 167-168 Full Text      20 PREGNANCY RATES IN SUCKLED BEEF COWS SYNCHRONIZED WITH PROGESTERONE INTRAVAGINAL DEVICES AND RECEIVING eCG FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER BREEDING  L. Cutaia, M. Ramos, P. Chesta and G. A. Bó pp. 168-168 Full Text      21 GENETIC APPROACH TO IMPROVE FERTILITY IN CATTLE  F. A. Di Croce, A. M. Saxton, D. Casanova and F. N. Schrick pp. 168-168 Full Text      22 IN VITRO FERTILITY ESTIMATES USING SPERM KINETICS VARIABLES AND CONCEPTION RATES IN BEEF HEIFERS  M. V. C. Ferraz Jr, R. S. Macedo, J. B. Barreto Filho, T. F. Silva, R. A. Braga Jr, G. F. Rabelo and R. Previdelli pp. 169-169 Full Text      23 INDUCTION OF ESTRUS IN CYCLIC ALPINE GOATS WITH SHORT-TERM PROGESTAGEN PROTOCOLS WITH OR WITHOUT eCG ADMINISTRATION  J. F. Fonseca, J. M. G. Souza, J. H. Bruschi, J. H. M. Viana, F. Z. Brandão, W. J. Silva, R. Denadai, A. L. R. S. Maia and O. Facó pp. 169-169 Full Text      24 EFFECT OF GnRH ON FIXED-TIMED ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION PREGNANCY RATES OF WHITE-TAILED DEER  J. Lambe, W. Forbes, B. M. Olcott, D. E. Sanders, R. A. Godke and G. T. Gentry pp. 170-170 Full Text      25 ADDITION OF FSH, IN CONTRAST TO eCG, DOES NOT INCREASE PREGNANCY RATES IN ANESTROUS NELLORE (BOS INDICUS) COWS TREATED WITH FIXED-TIME AI PROTOCOL  L. A. Lima, V. G. Pinheiro, J. R. Cury and C. M. Barros pp. 170-170 Full Text      26 SPERM MOTILITY DECREASING AND SEMEN FERTILITY IN THE BULL EVALUATED BY BIOSPECKLE  R. S. Macedo, J. B. Barreto Filho, R. A. Braga Jr and G. F. Rabelo pp. 170-171 Full Text      27 FOLLICULAR RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT eCG DOSES IN AN OVSYNCH + PROGESTERONE PROTOCOL IN BEEF HEIFERS  M. F. Martínez, D. Tutt, L. Proctor and J. L. Juengel pp. 171-171 Full Text      28 COMPARISON OF NEW v. PREVIOUSLY USED INTRAVAGINAL DEVICE FOR A PROGESTERONE-BASED TIMED ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION PROTOCOL IN NELORE (BOS INDICUS) COWS  J. H. Martins, M. I. S. Silva, G. A. Crepaldi, W. O. Melo and J. R. S. Torres-Júnior pp. 171-172 Full Text      29 SHORT-TERM v. LONG-TERM PROGESTERONE PROTOCOL USING CERVICAL OR INTRAUTERINE FIXED-TIME INSEMINATION IN SHEEP  A. Menchaca, M. Vilariño and E. Rubianes pp. 172-172 Full Text      30 OVULATION AND PREGNANCY RATES IN CYCLING NELLORE HEIFERS AFTER FIXED-TIME ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION PROTOCOLS USING DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS OF PROGESTERONE, ASSOCIATED OR NOT WITH eCG  M. F. Pegorer, R. L. Ereno, R. A. Satrapa and C. M. Barros pp. 173-173 Full Text      31 PREGNANCY RATE OF CROSSBRED COWS SUBMITTED TO FIXED-TIME AI AND ADMINISTRATION OF GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE ANALOGUE TWELVE DAYS AFTER AI  G. S. Moura, V. A. Nascimento, F. A. Oliveira, A. R. Dias, M. Dias and C. A. A. Torres pp. 173-173 Full Text      32 USE OF HORMONE WITH ACTION FOLLICLE-STIMULATING IN OVULATION SYNCHRONIZATION OF CROSSBRED HOLSTEIN-GYR COWS  V. A. Nascimento, G. S. Moura, M. Dias, F. A. Oliveira, A. R. Dias and C. A. A. Torres pp. 174-174 Full Text      33 TIMING OF OVULATION AND ESTRUS IN LONG PROTOCOLS WITH OR WITHOUT CIDR REPLACEMENT IN Santa Inês SHEEP DURING BREEDING SEASON  M. E. F. Oliveira, P. M. P. Nascimento, P. P. M. Teixeira, J. S. P. Pieroni, M. R. Lima, S. D. Bicudo, J. F. Fonseca and W. R. R. Vicente pp. 174-174 Full Text      34 OVINE SPERM IS HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO ATTACK BY HYDROGEN PEROXIDE  E. G. A. Perez, M. Nichi, F. A. Oliveira Neto, R. O. C. Silva, A. Dalmazzo, C. H. C. Viana, D. M. C. Pesce, P. A. A. Góes, G. H. Ferreira, V. H. Barnabe and R. C. Barnabe pp. 175-175 Full Text      35 FERTILITY AFTER FIXED-TIME AI OR INSEMINATION AT DETECTED ESTRUS FOLLOWING CIDR SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOLS IN FRENCH DAIRY AND BEEF CATTLE  C. Ponsart, J. Gatien, B. Besognet, P. Fanuel and P. Humblot pp. 175-176 Full Text      36 FOLLICULAR DYNAMICS IN PROLIFIC SHEEP: PGF-BASED ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION  L. Proctor, D. Tutt, D. Olliver, S. Galloway, J. L. Juengel, P. Farquhar and M. F. Martínez pp. 176-176 Full Text      37 USE OF THERMO-RESISTANCE TEST (TRT) TO EVALUATE EQUINE COOLED SEMEN STORED AT 5°C  G. Pugliesi, J. M. Silva Filho, C. A. A. Torres, D. M. Rates, P. G. Ker, G. G. Lourenço, M. P. Matta, R. R. Oliveira and G. R. Carvalho pp. 176-177 Full Text      38 APPLICATION OF A FIVE-DAY PROGESTERONE-BASED SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOL FOR TIMED AI WITH SEXED SEMEN IN DAIRY HEIFERS  M. B. Rabaglino, C. A. Risco, M. J. Thatcher, J. E. P. Santos and W. W. Thatcher pp. 177-177 Full Text      39 EFFECT OF TIME OF FIXED-TIME AI ON PREGNANCY RATES IN ZEBU CROSS-BRED BEEF HEIFERS TREATED WITH PROGESTERONE RELEASING DEVICES AND ESTRADIOL CYPIONATE  M. Ramos, L. Cutaia, P. Chesta and G. A. Bó pp. 177-177 Full Text      40 TIMING OF INSEMINATION WITH SEXED OR NONSEXED SEMEN ON PREGNANCY RATES OF JERSEY HEIFERS DETECTED IN HEAT BY RADIOTELEMETRY  J. N. S. Sales, G. A. Crepaldi, M. Fosado, E. P. Campos Filho and P. S. Baruselli pp. 178-178 Full Text      41 DETERMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VULVAR SKIN TEMPERATURES AND TIME OF OVULATION IN SWINE USING DIGITAL INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY  S. Scolari, R. Evans, R. Knox, M. Tamassia and S. Clark pp. 178-178 Full Text      42 SEMEN FERTILITY OF THE BULL EVALUATED BY SECOND-ORDER STATISTICS  T. F. Silva, J. B. Barreto Filho, R. S. Macedo, M. V. C. Ferraz Jr, R. A. Braga Jr, G. F. Rabelo and M. O. G. Nogueira pp. 178-179 Full Text      43 COSTS RELATED TO ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION AND AI PROTOCOLS IN CROSSBRED HOLSTEIN-ZEBU DAIRY COWS  L. D. P. Sinedino, B. T. Gerhardt, A. P. Dourado and L. A. G. Nogueira pp. 179-179 Full Text      44 MUSCLE FATTY ACID COMPOSITION AND LIPOGENIC GENE EXPRESSION IN ADULT BOVINE CLONES AND CONTROL CATTLE  V. Berthelot, L. Bernard, C. Richard, P. Chavatte-Palmer and Y. Heyman pp. 179-180 Full Text      45 PROLONGING THE FIRST CELL CYCLE IN NUCLEAR TRANSFER BOVINE EMBRYOS DOES NOT INCREASE CLONING EFFICIENCY  R. G. Blaza, J. E. Oliver, B. Oback and D. N. Wells pp. 180-180 Full Text      46 RECLONING USING TRANSGENIC FETAL FIBROBLASTS AS NUCLEI DONORS INCREASES DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL OF RECONSTRUCTED EMBRYOS IN CATTLE  F. F. Bressan, M. S. Miranda, F. Perecin, T. H. C. De Bem, M. Bajgelman, B. Strauss, J. E. Krieger, M. Binelli and F. V. Meirelles pp. 180-181 Full Text      47 ACTIVATION WITH IONOMYCIN FOLLOWED BY DEHYDROLEUCODINE AND CYTOCHALASIN B OF CLONED BOVINE EMBRYOS  N. Canel, R. Bevacqua and D. Salamone pp. 181-181 Full Text      48 MUSCLE CHARACTERISTICS OF BOVINE CLONE OFFSPRING F1 COMPARED WITH CLONES  I. Cassar-Malek, Y. Heyman, B. Picard, C. Richard, P. Chavatte-Palmer and C. Jurie pp. 181-182 Full Text      49 REPROGRAMMING OF MICRO RNA IN BOVINE CLONED ELONGATED EMBRYOS  F. O. Castro, S. Sharbati, L. L. Rodríguez-Alvarez, J. F. Cox, C. Hultschig and R. Einspanier pp. 182-183 Full Text      50 PRE-MATURATION OF BOVINE OOCYTES SUBMITTED TO NUCLEAR TRANSFER: EFFECTS ON IN VIVO DEVELOPMENT  T. H. C. De Bem, P. R. Adona, R. Rochetti, F. F. Bressan, M. S. Miranda, F. Perecin, J. R. Sangalli, M. R. Chiaratti, P. R. L. Pires, K. R. L. Schwarz, G. K. F. Merighe, P. Fantinato Neto, J. R. V. Pimentel, F. V. Meirelles and C. L. V. Leal pp. 183-183 Full Text      51 DELAYED NUCLEOLOGENESIS IN PORCINE PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYOS DEVELOPED IN VIVO AND PRODUCED BY SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  R. S. Deshmukh, O. Østrup, E. Lemme, B. Peterson, A. Lucas-Hahn, H. Niemann and P. Hyttel pp. 183-184 Full Text      52 ESTABLISHMENT OF A PREGNANCY WITH IDENTICAL TWINS AFTER THE TRANSFER OF A VITRIFIED CLONED BOVINE EMBRYO  F. Forell, C. Feltrin, A. D. Vieira, U. M. Costa, M. Hoelker and J. L. Rodrigues pp. 184-184 Full Text      53 EFFECT OF THE TIME INTERVAL BETWEEN OVARY COLLECTION AND OOCYTE IN VITRO MATURATION ON EQUINE CLONED EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT  A. Gambini, J. Jarazo, R. Olivera and D. Salamone pp. 184-184 Full Text      54 IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE CLONED EMBRYOS PRODUCED BY HANDMADE CLONING FROM DISTINCT CELL CULTURE CONFLUENCES AND AGGREGATION SCHEMES  R. P. C. Gerger, E. S. Ribeiro, J. C. Mezzalira, L. U. Olwheiler, F. Forell, F. K. Vieira, S. Gaudencio Neto, L. R. Bertolini, J. L. Rodrigues, C. E. Ambrósio, M. A. Miglino, A. Mezzalira and M. Bertolini pp. 185-185 Full Text      55 EFFECT OF FUSION-ACTIVATION INTERVAL AND EMBRYO AGGREGATION ON IN VITRO AND IN VIVO DEVELOPMENT OF CLONED BOVINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED BY HANDMADE CLONING  R. P. C. Gerger, F. Forell, J. C. Mezzalira, F. Zago, F. K. Vieira, J. Machado Jr, L. U. Olwheiler, L. P. Rauber, J. L. Rodrigues, C. E. Ambrósio, M. A. Miglino, A. Mezzalira and M. Bertolini pp. 185-186 Full Text      56 EFFECTS OF PHYLOGENIC GENERA OF RECIPIENT CYTOPLASTS ON DEVELOPMENT AND VIABILITY OF CANADA LYNX (LYNX CANADENSIS) CLONED EMBRYOS  M. C. Gómez, J. I. Lyons, C. E. Pope, M. Biancardi, C. Dumas, J. Galiguis, G. Wang and B. L. Dresser pp. 186-186 Full Text      57 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FETAL ABNORMALITIES AND PERIPHERAL STEROID CONCENTRATIONS DURING GESTATION IN COWS TRANSFERRED WITH EMBRYOS PRODUCED BY SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  M. Hirako, H. Takahashi, K. Kimura, N. Adachi and S. Akagi pp. 187-187 Full Text      58 DEVELOPMENT OF α1,3-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE KNOCK-OUT CLONED PIG EMBRYOS  S. S. Hwang, M. R. Park, J. H. Shim, B. C. Yang, Y. G. Ko, K. B. Oh, B. S. Yang, J. S. Woo, E. W. Park and S. B. Park pp. 187-187 Full Text      59 PRODUCTION OF HANDMADE CLONED GOAT EMBRYOS WITH TWO TYPES OF DONOR CELLS AND CULTURED IN THREE MEDIA  M. K. Jena, D. Malakar, A. K. De, S. Garg and Y. S. Akshey pp. 187-188 Full Text      60 EFFECTS OF REPETITIVE IONOMYCIN TREATMENT ON BOVINE SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER (SCNT) EMBRYOS  S. H. Jeong, S. Kim, M. K. Choi, J. M. Na, J. Choi, Y. P. Jeon, T. Y. Shin, S. H. Hyun and W. S. Hwang pp. 188-188 Full Text      61 MITOCHONDRIA DISTRIBUTION IN FERTILIZED, PARTHENOGENETIC, AND CLONED BOVINE EMBRYOS  G. G. Kaiser, P. J. Ross, K. Wang and J. B. Cibelli pp. 188-189 Full Text      62 RECOVERY OF CELL NUCLEI FROM 15 000-YEAR-OLD MAMMOTH TISSUES AND INJECTION INTO MOUSE ENUCLEATED MATURED OOCYTES  H. Kato, M. Anzai, T. Mitani, M. Morita, Y. Nishiyama, A. Nakao, K. Kondo, P. A. Lazarev, T. Ohtani, Y. Shibata and A. Iritani pp. 189-189 Full Text      63 ESTABLISHMENT OF GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN EXPRESSED DOG CELL LINES CONTROLLED BY DOXYCYCLINE  M. J. Kim, H. J. Oh, J. E. Park, S. G. Hong, J. E. Kim, G. Jang, T. A. Kim, M. S. Kwon and B. C. Lee pp. 190-190 Full Text      64 VALPROIC ACID ENHANCES IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS IN PIGS  Y. J. Kim, K. S. Ahn, M. J. Kim and H. Shim pp. 190-190 Full Text      65 BLASTOCYSTS DERIVED FROM ADULT FIBROBLASTS OF RHESUS MONKEY (MACACA MULATTA) USING INTERSPECIES SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  D. K. Kwon, J. T. Kang, S. J. Park, M. N. L. Gomez, S. J. Kim, M. Atikuzzaman, O. J. Koo, G. Jang and B. C. Lee pp. 191-191 Full Text      66 ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING OF STEM CELLS DERIVED FROM ADULT PORCINE LIVER AND FAT  P. Li, J. Estrada, F. Zhang, S. Waghmare and B. Mir pp. 191-191 Full Text      67 PRODUCTION OF CLONED TRANSGENIC RABBITS FROM MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS  S. Li, T. Flisikowska, B. Kessler, T. Güngör, R. Kind, E. Wolf, A. Schnieke and V. Zakhartchenko pp. 192-192 Full Text      68 EFFECT OF XENOPUS EGG EXTRACT TREATMENT OF DONOR CELLS ON PORCINE SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  Y. Liu, O. Østrup, J. Li, G. Vajta, L. Lin, P. M. Kragh, S. Purup and H. Callesen pp. 192-192 Full Text      69 EFFECTS OF CELL TYPE, PRE-ACTIVATION PROTOCOL, AND CULTURE CONDITIONS ON DEVELOPMENT OF PORCINE HANDMADE CLONED EMBRYOS  J. C. Mezzalira, L. U. Ohlweiler, A. Massie, E. Monaco, E. P. Silva, Y. Yuan, A. Mezzalira, M. Bertolini, R. L. Krisher and M. B. Wheeler pp. 193-193 Full Text      70 FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4 PROMOTES THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS IN MICE  T. Mitani, M. Morita, M. Anzai, Y. Nishiyama, K. Moriki, H. Kawamura, H. Kato, K. Saeki, Y. Hosoi and A. Iritani pp. 193-194 Full Text      71 DEVELOPMENT OF CLONED DOG EMBRYOS RECONSTRUCTED WITH PRE-ACTIVATED IN VIVO OOCYTES AND DONOR FIBROBLASTS ARRESTED AT G2/M PHASE USING ROSCOVITINE  H. Oh, O. J. Koo, M. J. Kim, J. Park, S. Hong, J. Ra, S. Kang, G. Jang and B. C. Lee pp. 194-194 Full Text      72 PREGNANCY OUTCOME AFTER OVIDUCTAL TRANSFER OF ZONA-FREE 1-CELL-STAGE PORCINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED BY HANDMADE CLONING  L. U. Ohlweiler, J. C. Mezzalira, E. Monaco, A. Mezzalira, M. Bertolini, S. M. Wilson, J. Ringwelski, R. L. Krisher, L. A. Rund and M. B. Wheeler pp. 194-195 Full Text      73 IMPROVEMENT OF CANINE CLONING EFFICIENCY BY OPTIMIZED DONOR CELL PREPARATION  S. W. Park, Y. W. Jeong, J. J. Kim, K. H. Ko, S. H. Jeong, Y. I. Jeong, H. Y. Son, Y. B. Jeon, M. S. Hossein, Y. W. Kim, S. H. Hyun, T. Shin and W. S. Hwang pp. 195-195 Full Text      74 PROTEOMIC PROFILING DURING FETAL DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE CLONES  B. Picard, B. Meunier, Y. Heyman, P. Chavatte-Palmer and I. Cassar-Malek pp. 195-196 Full Text      75 CHANGES IN GENE EXPRESSION PATTERN DURING PRE- AND PERI-IMPLANTATION STAGES IN BOVINE CLONED EMBRYOS  L. l. Rodriguez-Alvarez, J. F. Cox, R. Einspanier and F. O. Castro pp. 196-196 Full Text      76 DEVELOPMENTAL CAPABILITY OF TRANSGENIC NUCLEAR-TRANSFERRED PIG EMBRYOS PRODUCED USING THE NOVEL METHOD OF PSEUDOPHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVATION  M. Samiec, M. Skrzyszowska and R. Slomski pp. 196-197 Full Text      77 BOVINE CYTOPLASTS PREPARED BY DEMECOLCINE-INDUCED ENUCLEATION OF ACTIVATED OOCYTES  N. Z. Saraiva, C. S. Oliveira, T. A. D. Tetzner, M. M. Souza, M. R. de Lima, S. C. Méo and J. M. Garcia pp. 197-197 Full Text      78 ESTABLISHMENT OF PREGNANCIES IN LARGE WHITE SOW RECIPIENTS AFTER TRANSFER OF CLONED EMBRYOS OF DIFFERENT PIG BREEDS  M. Schmidt, P. M. Kragh, J. Li, L. Lin, Y. Liu, G. Vajta and H. Callesen pp. 197-198 Full Text      79 PSEUDOPHYSIOLOGICAL TRANSCOMPLEMENTARY ACTIVATION OF GOAT OOCYTES RECEIVING ADULT EAR CUTANEOUS FIBROBLAST CELL NUCLEI  M. Skrzyszowska and M. Samiec pp. 198-198 Full Text      80 USE OF THE SHORT DISPOSABLE NEEDLE SYSTEM FOR FOLLICLE ASPIRATION IN MARES  K. Song, W. Lee, Y. Chun, I. Lee, S. Yeon and D. K. Vanderwall pp. 198-199 Full Text      81 THE EFFECT OF FOLLICULAR AND OVIDUCT OOCYTES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF RABBIT NUCLEAR TRANSFERRED EMBRYOS IN VITRO  L.-Y. Sung, C.-H. Chen, T.-A. Lin, L.-J. Sung, H.-Y. Su, Y.-S. Sung, W. T. K. Cheng, J.-C. Ju, E. Chen, J. Xu and F. Du pp. 199-199 Full Text      82 ABERRANT EXPRESSION AND METHYLATION STATUS OF PUTATIVELY IMPRINTED GENES IN CLONED PIG PLACENTA  Y. C. Wei, Y. J. Huan, Z. F. Liu, J. Zhu, X. M. Zhang and Z. H. Liu pp. 199-200 Full Text      83 THE ENDOMETRIUM AND EXTRAEMBRYONIC TISSUES RESPOND DIFFERENTLY TO CLONED v. NATURAL MATING EMBRYOS ON EARLY PREGNANCY  J.-S. Woo, Y.-G. Ko, H.-N. Kim, J.-G. Yoo, B.-S. Yang, H.-C. Lee, J.-Y. Lee, N.-W. Hyung, E.-W. Park, S.-S. Hwang, S.-B. Park and M.-R. Park pp. 200-200 Full Text      84 COMPUTER-ASSISTED SPERM ANALYSIS OF FROZEN SPERM MOTILITY AFTER REPEATED EXPOSURES TO ROOM TEMPERATURE  A. Alvaro Garcia Guerra and G. M. Brogliatti pp. 200-201 Full Text      85 THE COMPARISON OF SPERM FREEZABILITY USING TWO EGG YOLK-FREE DILUENTS IN ZANDI RAM  R. Ardebili, A. Towhidi, S. Zeinodini, M. Bahreini and E. Dirandeh pp. 201-201 Full Text      86 VIABILITY AND FERTILITY OF RAM SEMEN CRYOPRESERVED WITH DIMETHYL ACETAMIDE AND TREHALOSE  R. F. Bittencourt, E. Oba, A. de L. Ribeiro Filho, M. F. Vasconcelos, C. E. A. Biscarde, D. C. Almeida and V. F. Silveira pp. 201-202 Full Text      87 HIGH HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE TREATMENT IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF IN VITRO-PRODUCED OVINE BLASTOCYSTS  L. Bogliolo, F. Ariu, S. Uccheddu, A. Strina, I. Rosati, M. T. Zedda and S. Ledda pp. 202-202 Full Text      88 SURVIVAL AFTER FREEZING OF IN VITRO AND IN VIVO BOVINE EMBRYOS  S. R. Cho, S. H. Choi, C. Y. Choe, J. J. Son, H. J. Kim, H. J. Jin and D. S. Son pp. 203-203 Full Text      89 HIGH PREGNANCY RATES AFTER TRANSFER OF LARGE EQUINE BLASTOCYSTS COLLAPSED VIA MICROMANIPULATION BEFORE VITRIFICATION  Y. H. Choi, D. L. Hartman, S. B. Bliss, S. S. Hayden, T. L. Blanchard and K. Hinrichs pp. 203-203 Full Text      90 EFFECT OF EGG YOLK ON THE KINEMATICS AND ACROSOME MEMBRANE INTEGRITY OF COOLED-REWARMED CANINE SPERMATOZOA  J. Dorado, M. J. Galvez, M. R. Murabito, S. Demyda, L. J. De Luca, M. Moreno and M. Hidalgo pp. 204-204 Full Text      91 MOTILITY (CASA) AND VIABILITY OF FROZEN SPERM AFTER DIFFERENT TIMES OF EXPOSURE AT 15°C  A. Garcia Guerra, M. G. Lüssenhoff and G. M. Brogliatti pp. 204-205 Full Text      92 CRYOTIPS: A SIMPLE VITRIFICATION TECHNIQUE FOR SHEEP AND GOAT EMBRYOS  A. E. Gibbons, F. Pereyra-Bonnet and M. I. Cueto pp. 205-205 Full Text      93 POSTCRYOPRESERVATION VIABILITY OF EMBRYOS FROM NELLORE HEIFERS SUPPLEMENTED WITH RUMEN-PROTECTED FAT  M. M. Guardieiro, G. M. Machado, M. R. Bastos, G. B. Mourão, L. H. D. Carrijo, M. A. N. Dode and R. Sartori pp. 205-206 Full Text      94 VITRIFICATION OF WHOLE OVARIES IN YOUNG RATS  M. Hoshina, A. Furugaichi, N. Kuji, J. Ito and N. Kashiwazaki pp. 206-206 Full Text      95 IN VITRO MATURATION AND FERTILIZATION OF OOCYTES FROM OVARIAN TISSUES CRYOPRESERVED AND XENOGRAFTED INTO NUDE MICE  K. Kikuchi, N. Kashiwazaki, M. Nakai, J. Noguchi, J. Ito and H. Kaneko pp. 206-207 Full Text      96 RECOVERY RATES OF BOVINE IVP EMBRYOS CRYOPRESERVED BY SLOW FREEZING AND VITRIFICATION (OPS AND SSV) METHODS  L. P. Landim Junior, L. T. S. Yamazaki, O. Watanabe, E. C. D. Benzi, D. P. Corneglian, M. Romano, F. J. Guidorizzi, G. L. Santos and W. Yamazaki pp. 207-207 Full Text      97 BOER GOAT OFFSPRING BORN FOLLOWING TRANSFER OF CRYOPRESERVED EMBRYOS  K. C. Lehloenya and J. P. C. Greyling pp. 207-208 Full Text      98 EIGHT-CELL STAGE DELINEATES CRYOTOLERANCE OF VITRIFIED RABBIT EMBRYOS  T.-A. Lin, C.-H. Chen, L.-Y. Sung, J.-C. Ju, E. Chen, F. Du and J. Xu pp. 208-208 Full Text      99 SURVIVAL RATE AND IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF IN VIVO-PRODUCED AND CRYOPRESERVED DOG EMBRYOS  M. R. Luz, C. C. Holanda, J. J. Pereira, N. S. Teixeira, R. Vantini, P. M. C. Freitas, A. E. P. Salgado, S. B. Oliveira, C. R. F. Guaitolini and M. C. Santos pp. 208-209 Full Text      100 A COMPARISON OF GLYCEROL AND EGTA FOR ULTRARAPID FREEZING OF BULL EPIDIDYMAL SPERM  L. C. O. Magalhães, C. M. Melo, M. J. Sudano, D. M. Paschoal, L. F. Crocomo, F. O. Papa, F. C. Landim-Alvarenga and M. D. Lopes pp. 209-209 Full Text      101 EFFECT OF NITROCOOLER NEGATIVE PRESSURE AND RECOVERY INTERVAL ON CRYOTOLERANCE OF BOVINE IN VITRO-PRODUCED EMBRYOS  J. C. Mezzalira, L. U. Ohlweiler, M. Urio, S. G. Neto, L. R. Marinho, F. C. Zago, F. Forell, M. Bertolini and A. Mezzalira pp. 210-210 Full Text      102 EFFECT OF DEMECOLCINE PRE-TREATMENT ON VIABILITY, TIMING OF FIRST POLAR BODY EXTRUSION, SPINDLE CONFIGURATION, AND SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT OF OVINE OOCYTES VITRIFIED AT GERMINAL VESICLE STAGE  A. R. Moawad, J. Zhu, I. Choi and K. H. S. Campbell pp. 210-211 Full Text      103 CHOLESTEROL-LOADED CYCLODEXTRIN ADDED TO FRESH BOAR EJACULATES AND SPERM CRYOSURVIVAL  E. A. Moraes, C. A. A. Torres, J. K. Graham, P. L. Romualdo and P. S. Lopes pp. 211-211 Full Text      104 SURVIVAL AND APOPTOSIS RATES AFTER VITRIFICATION OF EARLY, EXPANDED, AND HATCHED CALF AND COW BLASTOCYSTS IN VITRO-PRODUCED USING CRYOTOP AS A DEVICE  R. Morató, D. Izquierdo, M. T. Paramio and T. Mogas pp. 211-211 Full Text      105 CRYOPRESERVATION OF VENDA COCK SPERMATOZOA: EFFECT OF CRYOPROTECTANT FOLLOWING ANALYSIS BY COMPUTER-ASSISTED SPERM ANALYSIS  M. L. Mphaphathi, M. B. Makhafola, P. H. Munyai, T. L. Nedambale and D. Luseba pp. 212-212 Full Text      106 PREGNANCY RATE AFTER EMBRYO TRANSFER OF IN VIVO-PRODUCED OVINE EMBRYOS CRYOPRESERVED BY SLOW FREEZING OR VITRIFICATION  N. Mucci, F. Hozbor, G. G. Kaiser, E. Sanchez and R. H. Alberio pp. 212-212 Full Text      107 MOTILITY PARAMETER PATTERNS OF NGUNI BULLS: EFFECT OF VARIOUS GYCEROL CONCENTRATIONS FOLLOWING CRYOPRESERVATION  T. L. Nedambale, M. L. Mphaphathi, P. H. Munyai, M. Tshabalala, P. Malusi and A. Dinnyes pp. 212-213 Full Text      108 EFFECT OF DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE AND METHYLFORMAMIDE ON OXIDATIVE STATUS OF MANGALARGA STALLIONS CRYOPRESERVED SEMEN  F. A. Oliveira Neto, M. Nichi, E. G. A. Perez, J. R. C. Gurgel, G. H. Ferreira, A. C. Teodoro, R. O. C. Silva, V. H. Barnabe, R. C. Barnabe, D. M. C. Pesce and C. H. C. Viana pp. 213-213 Full Text      109 ASSESSMENT OF THE FUNCTIONALITY OF PLASMA MEMBRANE OF CRYOPRESERVED SPERM FROM DIFFERENT BREEDS OF SHEEP  F. C. Pimenta Neto, J. M. Frazão Sobrinho, F. J. Moraes Junior, R. A. Oliveira, J. A. T. Souza and A. C. Nicacio pp. 213-213 Full Text      110 THE USE OF FORSKOLIN AND ITS EFFECT ON IN VITRO-PRODUCED BRAHMAN-SIRED EMBRYOS SUBMITTED TO SLOW COOL FREEZING OR VITRIFICATION  J. H. Pryor, J. A. Trant, C. B. Ponchirolli-Schneider, C. R. Looney, C. R. Long and D. W. Forrest pp. 214-214 Full Text      111 EFFECT OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL IN VITRIFICATION MEDIUM ON BOVINE OOCYTE ACTIVATION AND IN VITRO EMBRYO PRODUCTION  G. L. Rios, G. G. Kaiser, N. C. Mucci and R. H. Alberio pp. 214-214 Full Text      112 EFFECT OF EGG YOLK CONCENTRATION IN TEST BUFFERED EXTENDER ON SURVIVAL AND IN VITRO FUNCTIONALITY OF DOMESTIC CAT EPIDIDYMAL SPERMATOZOA FOLLOWING CRYOPRESERVATION  J. R. Saenz, C. Dumas, B. L. Dresser, M. C. Gómez, R. A. Godke and C. E. Pope pp. 214-215 Full Text      113 EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT CRYOPROTECTANT AND FORSKOLIN IN THE CULTURE MEDIUM FOR IMPROVING THE EFFICACY OF VITRIFICATION OF BOS INDICUS IN VITRO-DERIVED EMBRYOS  B. V. Sanches, B. D. O. Filho, J. H. F. Pontes, A. C. Basso, M. L. G. Meirinhos, C. R. Ferreira, M. R. Chiaratti, M. A. O. Viu and M. M. Seneda pp. 215-215 Full Text      114 INFLUENCE OF COOLING TIME IN THE VIABILITY OF POST-THAW RAM SEMEN  T. Sedenho, V. H. A Cadamuro, L. A. Oliveira, C. O. Abreu and A. C. Martinez pp. 216-216 Full Text      115 ADDITION OF ETHANOL AT SUB-STRESS CONCENTRATIONS DURING IN VITRO MATURATION OF BOVINE OOCYTES IMPROVES BLASTOCYST CRYOTOLERANCE  M. A. M. M. Shehab-El-Deen, J. L. M. R. Leroy, D. Maes and A. Van Soom pp. 216-216 Full Text      116 IMPROVED SURVIVAL BY CRYOPRESERVING RHESUS MACAQUE (MACACA MULATTA) SPERMATOZOA WITH DIRECTIONAL FREEZING TECHNIQUE  W. Si, Y. Lu, X. He, S. Ji, Y. Niu, T. Tan and W. Ji pp. 217-217 Full Text      117 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT CRYOPRESERVATION METHODS ON THE QUALITY OF IN VITRO-PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS  H. Stinshoff, K. Brüning, A. Hanstedt, D. Müller, S. Wilkening and C. Wrenzycki pp. 217-217 Full Text      118 ARE LIPID CONTENTS AND APOPTOSIS DETERMINANTS OF IN VITRO-PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYO SUSCEPTIBILITY TO VITRIFICATION?  M. J. Sudano, D. M. Paschoal, L. C. O. Magalhães, L. F. Crocomo and F. D. Landim-Alvarenga pp. 217-218 Full Text      119 VITRIFICATION OF IMMATURE FELINE OOCYTES: EFFECTS ON ZONA PELLUCIDA ULTRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE  T. Tharasanit, T. Sananmuang, S. Manee-In, A. Adirekthaworn, C. Lohachit and M. Techakumphu pp. 218-218 Full Text      120 SUCCESSFUL LAMBING AFTER SUPER-COOLING ULTRARAPID VITRIFICATION SHEEP MORULAE  Y. M. Toishibekov and H. D. Blackburn pp. 218-219 Full Text      121 ACROSOME REACTION AS EFFECT OF ADDITION OF CHOLESTEROL TO BOAR SPERM MEMBRANES  C. A. A. Torres, E. A. Moraes, J. K. Graham and P. L. Romualdo pp. 219-219 Full Text      122 THE SURVIVAL RATE AND EMBRYONIC QUALITY OF BOVINE PARTHENOGENETIC BLASTOCYSTS POST-VITRIFICATION CRYOPRESERVATION  P. Zhang, Z. W. Wang, B. Tang, J. B. Zhang and Z. Y. Li pp. 220-220 Full Text      123 BOVINE OOCYTE VITRIFICATION USING THE CRYOTOP METHOD: EFFECT OF CUMULUS CELLS AND VITRIFICATION PROTOCOL ON SURVIVAL AND SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT  X. L. Zhou, A. Al Naib, D. W. Sun and P. Lonergan pp. 220-220 Full Text      124 EXPRESSION OF PLURIPOTENCY MARKERS IN GENITAL RIDGES OF OVINE FOETUSES  D. Bebbere, S. Pirino, L. Bogliolo, F. Ariu, E. Pintus, S. Nieddu, S. Pau and S. Ledda pp. 221-221 Full Text      125 SWINE EMBRYOS WITH HIGH POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP IN VITRO HAVE LESS γH2A.X AND MORE NBS1 PROTEINS  A. R. S. Coutinho and V. Bordignon pp. 221-221 Full Text      126 DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE BLASTOMERES DERIVED FROM PORCINE TWO-CELL EMBRYOS  T. Q. Dang-Nguyen, M. Kaneda, T. Somfai, S. Akagi, M. Nakai, K. Kikuchi, Y. Kanai and T. Nagai pp. 222-222 Full Text      127 REGULATION OF H3K27me3 AND H3K4me3 DURING INITIAL PORCINE EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT  Y. Gao, V. Hall and P. Hyttel pp. 222-222 Full Text      128 EFFECT OF PERIFOLLICULAR BLOOD FLOW ON THE QUALITY OF OOCYTES COLLECTED DURING REPEATED OPU SESSIONS  A. Hanstedt, S. Wilkening, K. Brüning, Ä. Honnens and C. Wrenzycki pp. 223-223 Full Text      129 THE RELATIONSHIP OF BODY CONDITION SCORE AT TIME OF AI AND SUBSEQUENT GENDER RATIO OF OFFSPRING  M. M. McFarlane, B. J. McFarlane and J. R. Pursley pp. 223-223 Full Text      130 EXPRESSION AND LOCALIZATION OF µ OPIOID RECEPTOR IN PORCINE PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYOS  R. Minoia, T. Q. Dang-Nguyen, K. Matsukawa, M. Kaneda, M. E. Dell'Aquila, S. Akagi, F. Sassone, G. Palermo, K. Kikuchi, M. Nakai and T. Nagai pp. 224-224 Full Text      131 GENE SILENCING IN BOVINE ZYGOTES: SIRNA TRANSFECTION v. MICROINJECTION  C. M. O'Meara, J. D. Murray, J. F. Roche, S. Mamo, E. Gallagher, S. Matoba and P. Lonergan pp. 224-224 Full Text      132 INDUCTION OF FIRST POSTPARTUM OVULATION AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF GnRH, ESTRADIOL BENZOATE, OR LH ASSOCIATED OR NOT WITH CALF REMOVAL IN NELORE COWS  V. G. Pinheiro, A. C. S. Oliveira, J. R. L. M. Cury and C. M. Barros pp. 225-225 Full Text      133 MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVITY OF IN VIVO DEVELOPING PIG EMBRYOS  M. Romek, B. Gajda, M. Rolka and Z. Smorag pp. 225-225 Full Text      134 THE DISTRIBUTION OF CYTOSKELETON AND CHROMATIN CONFIGURATIONS DURING EARLY EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT OF SWAMP BUFFALO (BUBALUS BUBALIS)  M. Techakumphu, V. Chankitisakul, K. Thaseephoo and T. Tharasanit pp. 226-226 Full Text      135 GLANDS IN THE OVIDUCTAL MUCOSA OF THE MARE  J. J. Aguilar, J. Cuervo-Arango, C. Mas, M. Reyley, M. B. Rodriguez and H. Mouguelar pp. 226-226 Full Text      136 EARLY EMBRYONIC LOSSES USING PROGESTERONE SUPPLEMENTATION IN CYCLIC AND NONCYCLIC RECIPIENT MARES  G. H. M. Araujo, C. F. Moya-Araujo, A. N. Rocha, C. M. Burns, S. D. Burns and C. Meira pp. 227-227 Full Text      137 MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FEMALE LLAMA (LAMA GLAMA) FETAL, INFANTILE, AND ADULT GENITAL TRACTS  M. R. Del Campo, M. S. Vasquez and C. H. Del Campo pp. 227-227 Full Text      138 EFFECTS OF CLIMATIC HEAT STRESS ON EMBRYO MORTALITY OF GRAZING CATTLE IN AZORES  A. C. A. P. M. Geraldo, L. R. Souto and F. Moreira da Silva pp. 228-228 Full Text      139 STIMULATION OF BOVINE TROPHECTODERM MIGRATION BY FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS  M. I. Giassetti, Q. E. Yang and A. D. Ealy pp. 228-228 Full Text      140 INTERFERON-τ SECRETION BY IN VIVO DERIVED BOVINE TROPHOBLASTIC VESICLES  Y. Hashiyada, H. Takahashi and M. Geshi pp. 229-229 Full Text      141 TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROFILING OF EQUINE ENDOMETRIUM DURING THE TIME OF MATERNAL RECOGNITION OF PREGNANCY  C. Klein, K. S. Scoggin and M. H. T. Troedsson pp. 229-229 Full Text      142 DESIGN OF ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR PEPTIDES PRESENT EXCLUSIVELY IN DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEINS FAMILY  J. I. Ruiz Álvarez, J. M. Teijeiro, A. R. Charmandarian, J. P. Haumüller and P. E. Marini pp. 230-230 Full Text      143 METABOLOMIC ANALYSIS OF BOVINE PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYOS  A. Al Naib, M. Wallace, L. Brennan, T. Fair and P. Lonergan pp. 230-230 Full Text      144 USE OF A NOVEL BOVINE EMBRYO CULTURE MEDIUM TO IMPROVE BLASTOCYST DEVELOPMENT AND SURVIVAL FOLLOWING VITRIFICATION  J. Block, L. Bonilla and P. J. Hansen pp. 231-231 Full Text      145 CHANGES IN OXYGEN COMSUMPTION RATES OF EMBRYOS IN KOREAN CATTLE  C. Y. Choe, S. R. Cho, J. K. Son, S. H. Choi, C. Y. Cho, J. B. Kim, S. J. Kim, D. Kang and D. S. Son pp. 231-231 Full Text      146 CO-CULTURE OF EARLY CLEAVAGE STAGE IVP EMBRYOS WITH BOVINE OVIDUCT EPITHELIAL CELLS DOES NOT IMPROVE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT OR PREGNANCY RATES  R. C. Fry, K. L. Fry and W. Lan pp. 231-232 Full Text      147 QUALITY OF PORCINE EMBRYOS CULTURED WITH HYALURONAN  B. Gajda, I. Grad, E. van der Tuin and Z. Smorag pp. 232-232 Full Text      148 EFFECTS OF Wnt3A SUPPLEMENTATION ON BOVINE BLASTOCYST CELL NUMBER AND ALLOCATION  M. D. Goissis, P. J. Ross and J. B. Cibelli pp. 232-233 Full Text      149 EFFECTS OF FSH ADDED IN DEFINED MEDIUM MATURATION ON THE PRE-IMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT AND EXPRESSION OF Bax, Bcl-2, AND CONNEXIN 43 GENES IN BOVINE IVP BLASTOCYSTS  L. V. M. Gulart, L. Gabriel, L. P. Salles, G. R. Gamas, D. K. Souza and A. A. M. Rosa e Silva pp. 233-233 Full Text      150 DEVELOPMENT OF ZONA-FREE AND WITH ZONA PARTHENOGENETIC GOAT EMBRYOS IN DIFFERENT MEDIA  M. K. Jena, D. Malakar, A. K. De, S. Garg and Y. S. Akshey pp. 233-233 Full Text      151 COMPARISON OF CELL NUMBERS OF ZONA-INTACT AND ZONA-FREE PARTHENOGENETICALLY ACTIVATED PORCINE EMBRYOS CULTURED IN VITRO  J. Li, G. Vjata and H. Callesen pp. 234-234 Full Text      152 POST-HATCHING EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO UNTIL DAY 15 IN AGAR GEL DILUTED IN PBS OR IN MilliQ WATER  G. M. Machado, E. S. Caixeta, M. M. Franco, R. Rumpf and M. A. N. Dode pp. 234-235 Full Text      153 IN VITRO CULTIVATION OF CAPRINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED IN VIVO  A. C. Martinez, R. C. M. Tramontini, M. A. Saito Jr, C. O. Abreu and C. R. Alcalde pp. 235-235 Full Text      154 THE EFFECT OF OXYGEN TENSION ON IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE EMBRYOS IN POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE-BASED WELL OF THE WELL DISHES PREPARED UNDER ATMOSPHERIC OR REDUCED AIR PRESSURE  T. Somfai, Y. Inaba, Y. Aikawa, M. Ohtake, S. Kobayashi, T. Akai, H. Hattori, S. Sugimura, K. Konishi, T. Nagai and K. Imai pp. 235-235 Full Text      155 EFFECTS OF CULTURE WITH OVALBUMIN IN ABSENCE OF FETAL BOVINE SERUM AND BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN ON IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF CATTLE EMBRYOS  T. A. D. Tetzner, N. Z. Saraiva, C. S. Oliveira, S. C. Méo, M. M. Souza, M. R. Lima and J. M. Garcia pp. 236-236 Full Text      156 IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE MORULAE PRODUCED AND/OR CULTURED WITH ACTIVIN  B. Trigal, E. Gómez, C. Diez, J. N. Caamaño, I. Molina, S. Carrocera, D. Martín and M. Muñoz pp. 236-236 Full Text      157 AGGREGATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF RABBIT CLONED EMBRYOS WITH ZYGOTIC, TETRAPLOID, AND PARTHENOGENETIC EMBRYO IN VITRO  C.-H. Chen, T.-A. Lin, H.-Y. Su, Y.-S. Sung, L.-J. Sung, S.-C. Wu, W.-T. K. Cheng, J.-C. Ju, E. Chen, J. Xu, L.-Y. Sung and F. Du pp. 237-237 Full Text      158 SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF FRESH AND VITRIFIED BIOPSIED EQUINE EMBRYOS  E. L. Cullingford, J. E. Stokes, G. J. Bouma, P. M. McCue and G. E. Seidel Jr pp. 237-238 Full Text      159 USE OF PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ-L, AS AN AGGLUTINATOR AGENT, TO PRODUCE CHIMERAS OF IVF BOVINE EMBRYOS  I. P. Emanuelli, B. F. Agostinho, M. P. M. Mancini, C. M. Barros and M. F. G. Nogueira pp. 238-238 Full Text      160 ATTEMPTS TO CULTURE BIOPSIED CELLS FROM IN VITRO BOVINE BLASTOCYSTS FOR GENOTYPING  G. Gamarra, D. Le Bourhis, L. Gall, L. Laffont, S. Ruffini and P. Humblot pp. 238-239 Full Text      161 MODULATION OF TELOMERASE ACTIVITY IN BOVINE EMBRYOS USING CYTOPLASMATIC PLASMID INJECTION  W. Garrels, W. Kues, U. Baulain and H. Niemann pp. 239-239 Full Text      162 EVALUATION OF THE DEMI-EMBRYOS AGGREGATION TECHNIQUE EFFICACY ON THE PRODUCTION OF CHIMERAS WITH IN VIVO PRODUCED MURINE EMBRYOS  M. P. M. Mancini, B. C. S. Campanha, D. M. Souza, C. P. Godoi, F. Frei and M. F G. Nogueira pp. 239-240 Full Text      163 DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME AND MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL IN BOVINE PARTHENOTES SUBMITTED TO MITOCHONDRIAL SUPPLEMENTATION AND DEPLETION AT THE 1-CELL STAGE  L. G. Mesquita, F. Perecin, P. R. Adona, C. L. V. Leal, L. C. Smith and F. V. Meirelles pp. 240-240 Full Text      164 DEVELOPMENT OF MURINE EMBRYOS AFTER INJECTION OF UNCOATED GOLD AND SILVER NANOPARTICLES  U. Taylor, W. Garrels, S. Petersen, S. Barcikowski, S. Klein, W. Kues, A. Lucas-Hahn, H. Niemann and D. Rath pp. 240-241 Full Text      165 OVARIAN RESPONSE AND EMBRYO RECOVERY RATES OF OLD MARES TREATED WITH A LOW DOSE OF EQUINE PITUITARY EXTRACT  B. F. Bonin, J. A. Dellaqua Jr and M. A. Alvarenga pp. 241-241 Full Text      166 COMPARISON OF TWO METHODS TO SYNCHRONIZE CROSSBRED BEEF HEIFERS FOR EMBRYO TRANSFER  J. B. S. Borges, D. Thedy, D. Mendes and R. Kawata pp. 241-241 Full Text      167 EVALUATION OF SUPEROVULATORY RESPONSE IN Santa Inês EWES BY ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND LAPAROSCOPY  F. Z. Brandão, E. K. N. Arashiro, M. Henry, L. M. Figueira, J. M. G. Souza, J. H. M. Viana and J. F. Fonseca pp. 242-242 Full Text      168 INFLUENCE OF SEVERAL INSULIN PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS ON PROGESTERONE PRODUCTION AND HISTOLOGY OF CORPORA LUTEA IN SUPEROVULATED EWES  H. M. Brandão, E. H. Madureira, R. V. Sousa, F. Wouters, E. L. Vargas, J. N. Sales and A. S. Traldi pp. 242-242 Full Text      169 EMBRYO TRANSFER OF SEXED/VITRIFIED IVF EMBRYOS IN CATTLE: PREGNANCY COMPARISON AFTER SINGLE AND DOUBLE TRANSFERS  A. S. Castro, J. Xu, D. C. Pereira, L. Ferre, N. Diaz, J. Moreno and F. Du pp. 243-243 Full Text      170 PREGNANCY RATES OF NONCYCLING RECIPIENT MARES TREATED WITH A NEW FORMULATION OF LONG-ACTING PROGESTERONE  M. M. B. Castro Chaves, C. G. Schutzer and M. A. Alvarenga pp. 243-243 Full Text      171 LASER-ASSISTED ZONA PELLUCIDA HATCHING IN FROZEN–THAWED BOVINE EMBRYOS  M. K. Chiasson, J. A. Carter, K. R. Bondioli, R. A. Godke and G. T. Gentry pp. 244-244 Full Text      172 PREGNANCY RATES AND EARLY PREGNANCY LOSSES IN POSTPARTUM EQUINE EMBRYO RECIPIENTS  M. E. Demarchi, A. M. Tirone, J. Aguilar and L. Losinno pp. 244-244 Full Text      173 ESTRADIOL-17β CONCENTRATIONS IN BLOOD AND MILK DURING SUPEROVULATORY TREATMENT IN DAIRY COWS  R. Dupras, J. Dupras and Y. Chorfi pp. 245-245 Full Text      174 TRANSCERVICAL EMBRYO COLLECTION IN THE DOMESTIC BITCH  B. E. Eilts, J. A. Len, C. E. Pope, P. M. Pennington, M. A. E. Vermeulen, M. M. Graham, C. S. Hedlund, S. C. Vasanjee, S. K. Lyle and R. A. Godke pp. 245-245 Full Text      175 REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF MANGALARGA MARCHADOR MARES AFTER INDUCTION OF OVULATION WITH hCG OR DESLORELIN  D. R. Faria, A. L. N. Boffe, S. F. Grossi and A. Gradela pp. 246-246 Full Text      176 PREGNANCY AND PREGNANCY LOSS RATES OF ACYCLIC RECIPIENT MARES TREATED WITH TWO DIFFERENT LONG-ACTING PROGESTERONE CONCENTRATIONS  G. M. Greco, J. A. Dell'aqua Jr and M. A. Alvarenga pp. 246-246 Full Text      177 LIVE FOAL RATE: EFFECTS OF EMBRYO TRANSFER AND DONOR MARE AGE  P. M. McCue, J. J. Wall, Z. A. Brink and G. E. Seidel Jr pp. 247-247 Full Text      178 USE OF A NEW INTRAVAGINAL DEVICE TO RELEASE PROGESTERONE IN FIXED-TIME EMBRYO TRANSFER EMBRYO RECIPIENTS  J. R. V. Pimentel, P. H. P. Miguez, A. Kehrle, E. H. Madureira, F. A. Braga, C. C. Rocha and F. J. D. Pardo pp. 247-247 Full Text      179 COMPARISON OF OOCYTE AND EMBRYO PRODUCTION AMONG BOS TAURUS, BOS INDICUS, AND INDICUS-TAURUS DONOR COWS  J. H. F. Pontes, K. C. F. Silva, A. C. Basso, C. R. Ferreira, G. M. G. Santos, B. V. Sanches, J. P. F. Porcionato, P. H. S. Vieira, F. A. M. Sterza and M. M. Seneda pp. 248-248 Full Text      180 PREGNANCY LOSS (BETWEEN 30 AND 60 DAYS) IN HIGH-PRODUCING REPEAT-BREEDER HOLSTEIN COWS SUBMITTED TO EMBRYO TRANSFER  C. A. Rodrigues, A. A. Teixeira, R. M. Ferreira, H. Ayres, A. L. Ranieri, B. G. Freitas and P. S. Baruselli pp. 248-248 Full Text      181 CHANGES IN THE BODY CONDITION STATUS OF DONOR MARES THROUGHOUT THE BREEDING SEASON AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH REPRODUCTION TRAITS  P. G. Rodrigues, C. M. Raymundo, M. C. M. G. Miranda, J. B. Bastos and J. C. DeSouza pp. 249-249 Full Text      182 MANAGING FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PREGNANCY RATE OF HEIFER RECIPIENTS IN LARGE IN VITRO PRODUCED EMBRYO PROGRAMS  A. L. A. Scanavez, F. P. V. Pupim, G. R. Destro, L. O. Nunes, B. G. Alves, L. Z. Oliveira and R. M. Santos pp. 249-249 Full Text      183 EXERCISE INFLUENCES EMBRYO QUALITY IN MARES  R. Smith, K. Vernon, J. Gibbons, D. Kelley, J. Anton and C. Mortensen pp. 250-250 Full Text      184 EFFECTS OF X-RAY ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION ON BOVINE OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT  W. E. Snyder, J. T. Aaltonen, H. D. Sigal and N. M. Loskutoff pp. 250-251 Full Text      185 NONSURGICAL EMBRYO TRANSFER FOR PRODUCTION OF PIGS BY IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AND SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  J.-G. Yoo, M.-R. Park, H.-N. Kim, Y.-G. Ko, J.-Y. Lee, N.-W. Hyung, B.-S. Yang, S.-B. Park and J.-S. Woo pp. 251-251 Full Text      186 TRANSMISSION OF NONCYTOPATHIC BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS BY INFECTED SEMEN TO EMBRYO DONORS AND BY EMBRYOS TO EMBRYO TRANSFER RECIPIENTS AND OFFSPRING  A. Bielanski, A. Lalonde and J. Algire pp. 251-251 Full Text      187 EFFICIENCY OF DIAGNOSIS OF CLINICAL AND SUBCLINICAL ENDOMETRITIS IN CATTLE EVALUATED BY HYSTEROSCOPY  L. V. Madoz, R. L de la Sota, K. Susuki, W. Heuwieser and M. Drillich pp. 252-252 Full Text      188 DETECTION BY POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION OF NEOSPORA CANINUM FROM OVUM PICKUP AND UTERINE FLUSHING FLUIDS FROM DAIRY CATTLE IN MEXICO  A. F. Marques, C. G. Ortiz, M. R. Lima, E. L. Zanella, L. Rangel, E. Morales and C. G. Gutierrez pp. 252-252 Full Text      189 EFFECT OF NEOSPORA CANINUM INFECTION ON REPRODUCTIVE PARAMETERS OF DAIRY COWS  G. A. Pessoa, C. A. M. Silva, M. I. B. Rubin, F. S. F. Vogel, J. M. Trentin, V. C. Dalcin, L. O. Araujo, D. C. da Rosa and C. E. P. Leonardi pp. 252-253 Full Text      190 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BLUETONGUE VIRUS INFECTION AND FETAL MORTALITY IN CATTLE  C. Ponsart, J. Gatien, N. Pozzi, P. Humblot and B. Guérin pp. 253-253 Full Text      191 IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF BLASTOCYSTS CONTINUES AFTER ARTIFICIAL INFECTION WITH BOVINE HERPESVIRUS TYPE 5  C. Silva-Frade, A. Martins Jr, A. C. Borsanelli, M. C. Frade and T. C. Cardoso pp. 254-254 Full Text      192 SUSCEPTIBILITY OF BOVINE-HATCHED BLASTOCYSTS TO BLUETONGUE VIRUS SEROTYPE 8 INFECTION  L. Vandaele, W. Wesselingh, K. De Clercq, H. Nauwynck and A. Van Soom pp. 254-254 Full Text      193 IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF A LESS INVASIVE HORMONE DELIVERY SYSTEM TO SUPEROVULATE TIGERS  J. T. Aaltonen, S. Singh, L. R. Fogueri, N. S. Mulla and N. M. Loskutoff pp. 255-255 Full Text      194 ESTROUS SYNCHRONIZATION AND FIXED-TIME AI IN WOOD BISON (BISON BISON ATHABASCAE)  G. P. Adams, R. B. McCorkell, V. C. Jurgielewicz, D. Ambati and M. R. Woodbury pp. 255-255 Full Text      195 EVIDENCE OF SEASONALITY IN SEMEN CHARACTERISTICS OF CAPTIVE ANDEAN HAIRY ARMADILLO (CHAETOPHRACTUS NATIONI)  L. Bermúdez, M. A. Enciso, G. Rojas, R. Alvis and M. Valdivia pp. 256-256 Full Text      196 NONINVASIVE HORMONE MEASUREMENTS FOR GENDER IDENTIFICATION IN MONOMORPHIC ANURANS  B. A. Blevins and N. M. Loskutoff pp. 256-256 Full Text      197 SEMEN COLLECTION, TESTICULAR VOLUME, AND PRELIMINARY ASSAY OF COOLED SEMEN OF CAPTIVE PERUVIAN VICUNAS (VICUGNA VICUGNA MENSALIS)  M. A. Enciso, C. Rodríguez, W. Huanca and M. Valdivia pp. 257-257 Full Text      198 EXOGENOUS CONTROL OF FOLLICULAR WAVE EMERGENCE IN WOOD BISON (BISON BISON ATHABASCAE)  R. B. McCorkell, W. Paziuk, L. Smart, M. R. Woodbury and G. P. Adams pp. 257-257 Full Text      199 IN VITRO EMBRYO PRODUCTION IN THE CLOUDED LEOPARD (NEOFELIS NEBULOSA)  C. E. Pope, M. C. Gómez and B. L. Dresser pp. 258-258 Full Text      200 EVALUATION OF SUPEROVULATORY REGIMES FOR IN VIVO EMBRYO PRODUCTION IN ALPACAS (LAMA PACOS)  H. W. Vivanco, E. Huaman, S. Leon, A. Gallegos, M. Asparrin, E. Alvarado and G. Gamarra pp. 258-258 Full Text      201 ENDOSCOPE-GUIDED TRANSFER OF SPERM-INJECTED OOCYTES INTO THE OVIDUCTS OF ELAND AND BONGO ANTELOPES  G. Wirtu, R. MacLean, J. Galiguis, D. Paccamonti, B. Eilts, R. Godke, U. Besenfelder, B. Dresser and G. Gentry pp. 259-259 Full Text      202 EFFECTS OF ASCORBIC ACID ON IN VITRO CULTURE OF CATTLE PREANTRAL FOLLICLES  E. R. Andrade, R. van den Hurk, L. A. Lisboa, M. F. Hertel, F. A. Melo-Sterza, K. Moreno, A. P. F. R. L. Bracarense, F. C. Landim-Alvarenga, M. M. Seneda and A. A. Alfieri pp. 259-259 Full Text      203 EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE OR EQUINE CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN DURING THE PROTOCOL FOR TIMED AI IN HIGH-PRODUCING HOLSTEIN COWS  H. Ayres, R. M. Ferreira, M. C. Wiltbank and P. S. Baruselli pp. 260-260 Full Text      204 FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF FOLLICULAR FLUID FROM DAIRY COWS FED TROPICAL FORAGE-BASED DIETS SUPPLEMENTED WITH INCREASING LEVELS OF SOYBEAN OIL  R. I. T. P. Batista, C. G. S. Ribeiro, N. R. Barbosa, M. A. S. Gama, F. C. F. Lopes, R. J. C. Castro, P. H. A. Campos Jr, A. P. Oliveira and J. H. M. Viana pp. 260-260 Full Text      205 CUMULUS CELL MORPHOLOGY BEFORE AND AFTER IN VITRO MATURATION AS AN INDICATOR OF PORCINE OOCYTE DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE  M. Bertoldo, P. K. Holyoake, G. Evans and C. G. Grupen pp. 260-260 Full Text      206 BIOPSY ASSESSMENT OF BOVINE OVARIAN TISSUE XENOGRAFTED UNDER RENAL CAPSULE OF SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY MICE (PRELIMINARY RESULTS)  M. B. Bezerra, M. F. Macedo, M. C. Matos, G. Z. Mingoti, J. M. Garcia, W. R. R. Vicente and M. R. Pacheco pp. 260-260 Full Text      207 EFFECT OF LOCATION AND STAGE OF THE DOMINANT FOLLICLE ON OVULATION AND PREGNANCY RATES IN ALPACAS  M. Cervantes, W. Huanca, A. Cordero, M. Guerra, X. P. Valderrama and M. H. Ratto pp. 261-262 Full Text      208 OVARIAN FOLLICULAR DYNAMICS IN SOUTH AMERICAN CAMELIDS: EFFECT OF PLANE OF NUTRITION AND SPECIES  M. P. Cervantes, T. Orban and G. P. Adams pp. 262-262 Full Text      209 SEASONAL CHANGES IN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ESTROUS CYCLE IN BOS TAURUS INDICUS (NELORE) HEIFERS  A. O. Corte Jr, B. J. F. Navarrete and G. P. Nogueira pp. 262-263 Full Text      210 EXPRESSION OF mRNA ENCODING STEROIDOGENIC ENZYMES IN THE DEVELOPING BOVINE OVARY  R. B. da Silva, E. S. Caixeta, P. Ripamonte, A. C. S. Castilho, C. Price and J. Buratini Jr pp. 263-263 Full Text      211 EFFECT OF ESTRADIOL BENZOATE ON THE FIRST WAVE DOMINANT FOLLICLE IN HOLSTEIN HEIFERS  Mohsen Eslami, Amir Niasari-Naslaji, Darab Nikjou, Mahmoud Bolourchi and Sadegh Mousavi pp. 263-263 Full Text      212 EXPRESSION OF FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 18 (FGF18) AND COGNATE RECEPTORS (FGFR3C AND FGFR4) DURING LUTEAL DEVELOPMENT AND INDUCED LUTEOLYSIS IN CATTLE  D. M. Guerra, A. C. S. Castilho, M.F. Machado, B. Berisha, D. Schams, C. A. Price, R. L. Amorim and J. Buratini Jr pp. 264-264 Full Text      213 ANALYSIS OF STEROID HORMONE RECEPTOR GENE EXPRESSION IN THE BOVINE OVARY AFTER LASER-CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION  R. Kenngott, G. Palma, M.J. Wendl, M. Vermehren and F. Sinowatz pp. 264-265 Full Text      214 PREANTRAL FOLLICLE BANKING AND ULTRASTRUCTURAL DEFORMITY INDUCED BY DIFFERENT CRYOPRESERVATION PROTOCOLS  G. A. Kim, H. Y. Kim, J. W. Kim, G. Lee, E. S. Lee, J. H. Park and J. M. Lim pp. 265-265 Full Text      215 DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF PROGESTAGEN TREATMENT ON FUNCTIONALITY OF PREOVULATORY FOLLICLES IN SHEEP  C. Letelier, R. A. García-Fernández, R. M. García-García, M. Arias-Álvarez, I. Contreras-Solis, M. A. Sanchez, M. Ratto, J. M. Flores and A. Gonzalez-Bulnes pp. 265-265 Full Text      216 DINOPROST ADMINISTRATION, PERIOD OF OVULATION, AND OVULATORY FOLLICULAR SIZE ON DAYS FOUR TO SIX OF ESTROUS CYCLE IN EWES  P. M. P. Nascimento, A. P. Oliveira, F. Z. Brandao, A. L. R. S. Maia, P. H. N. Pinto, M. E. F. Oliveira, J. H. Bruschi, J. H. M. Viana and J. F. Fonseca pp. 266-266 Full Text      217 EFFECT OF FREQUENCY OF MILKING ON POSTPARTUM EVENTS IN SISTANI CATTLE  A. Niasari-Naslaji, A. Afsharian and E. Naghzali pp. 266-266 Full Text      218 THE EFFECT OF OVULATING AGENTS ON MATURE FOLLICLES IN BACTRIAN CAMEL (CAMELUS BACTRIANUS)  Darab Nikjou and Amir Niasari-Naslaji pp. 267-268 Full Text      219 FOLLICLE AND HORMONE DYNAMICS IN SINGLE- v. DOUBLE-OVULATING HEIFERS  M. P. Palhao, M. A. Beg, M. T. Rodrigues, R. R. Araújo, J. H. M. Viana, A. M. Borges and O. J. Ginther pp. 267-267 Full Text      220 ULTRASOUND BIOMICROSCOPY: A NONINVASIVE APPROACH FOR STUDYING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL FOLLICLES IN THE BOVINE OVARY  L. M. Pfeifer, G. P. Adams, R. A. Pierson, L. G. Siqueira and J. Singh pp. 268-268 Full Text      221 XENOESTROGENS EXPOSURE AT ENVIRONMENTALLY RELEVANT DOSES ADVERSELY AFFECTS OVINE FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT  O. E. Rivera, J. Varayoud, H. A. Rodríguez, C. E. Di Mauro, M. Muãoz-de-Toro and E. H. Luque pp. 268-269 Full Text      222 CHARACTERIZATION OF CO-CULTURES OF GRANULOSA CELLS AND THECA CELLS AS EXPLANTS OF BOVINE OVARY FOLLICULAR WALLS  L. P. Salles, R. B. Vasconcelos, I. Oliveira e Silva, L. V. M. Gulart, F. A. G. Torres, D. K. de Souza and A. A. M. Rosa e Silva pp. 269-269 Full Text      223 PREANTRAL FOLLICLES POPULATION IN BOS TAURUS INDICUS AND BOS TAURUS TAURUS FEMALES  K. C. F. Silva, G. M. G. Santos, L.S. Siloto, M. F. Hertel, E. R. Andrade, M. I. B. Rubin, L. Sturion, F. A. M. Sterza and M. M. Seneda pp. 269-270 Full Text      224 THE EFFECT OF TREATMENT WITH VARIOUS DOSES OF A SYNTHETIC GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE ON INDUCTION OF OVULATION IN LLAMAS  M. E. Silva, C. Letelier, P. F. Dalmazo, M. A. Niño and M. H. Ratto pp. 270-270 Full Text      225 FOLLICULAR DIAMETER, OVULATION RATE, AND LH RECEPTOR GENE EXPRESSION IN NELLORE COWS  R. A. L. Simões, R. A. Satrapa, F. S. Rosa, M. Piagentini, A. C. S. Castilho, R. L. Ereno, M. F. G. Nogueira, J. Buratini Jr and C. M. Barros pp. 270-271 Full Text      226 EFFECT OF AMMONIA IN BOVINE FOLLICULAR FLUID AND OOCYTE MORPHOLOGY DERIVED FROM ABATTOIR OVARIES  M. Urakawa, A. Ideta, K. Tsuchiya and Y. Aoyagi pp. 271-271 Full Text      227 EFFECTS OF A SINGLE DOSE OF A NONSTEROIDAL AROMATASE INHIBITOR ON OVARIAN FUNCTION IN CATTLE  M. J. Yapura, R. J. Mapletoft, J. Singh, R. A. Pierson and G. P. Adams pp. 271-271 Full Text      228 microRNA REGULATION OF GENES IN BOVINE OOCYTES AND EMBRYOS  J. P. Barfield, G. J. Bouma and G. E. Seidel Jr pp. 272-272 Full Text      229 EXPRESSION OF mRNA ENCODING GLYCOLYTIC ENZYMES IN BOVINE CUMULUS CELLS DURING IN VITRO MATURATION: EFFECTS OF TIME AND FSH  E. S. Caixeta, P. Ripamonte, M. F. Machado, R. B. da Silva, C. Price, C. M. Barros and J. Buratini Jr pp. 272-272 Full Text      230 EXPRESSION OF mRNA ENCODING FGF10 AND COGNATE RECEPTORS (FGFR1B AND FGFR2B) AROUND FOLLICLE DEVIATION IN NELORE HEIFERS  A. C. S. Castilho, M. F. Machado, D. M. Guerra, R. Ereno, C. M. Barros, C. A. Price and J. Buratini Jr pp. 273-273 Full Text      231 SELECTION OF UBIQUITOUS AND ENDOTHELIUM-SPECIFIC PROMOTERS FOR EXPRESSING TRANSGENES IN PIG  Y. Chen and B. Mir pp. 273-274 Full Text      232 DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF UTERINE CALCIUM-RELATED PROTEINS (NCKX3, NCX1, PMCA1, TRPV6, AND CABINDIN-D9k AND -D28k) DURING HUMAN MENSTRUAL CYCLE  K. C. Choi and E. B. Jeung pp. 274-274 Full Text      233 DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN BOVINE BLASTOCYSTS AND ELONGATING CONCEPTUSES DERIVED IN VIVO OR IN VITRO  M. Clemente, I. Lopez-Vidriero, P. O'Gaora, J. de la Fuente, A. Gutierrez-Adan, P. Lonergan and D. Rizos pp. 274-275 Full Text      234 EXPRESSION OF NUCLEAR AND MEMBRANE MELATONIN RECEPTORS GENES AND THE CLOCK GENES IN RAT OOCYTES: PRELIMINARY RESULTS  L. A. Coelho, R. Peres and J. Cipolla-Neto pp. 275-275 Full Text      235 EXPRESSION OF PLURIPOTENCY-ASSOCIATED GENES IN BOVINE FETAL FIBROBLAST CELLS AND ADIPOSE-DERIVED STEM CELLS  L. W. Coley, R. A. Godke and K. R. Bondioli pp. 275-275 Full Text      236 EFFECT OF HEAT STRESS DURING OOCYTE MATURATION ON GENE EXPRESSION OF IN VITRO-FERTILIZED AND PARTHENOGENETIC BOVINE BLASTOCYSTS  F. Q. Costa, M. M. Pereira, S. Wohlres-Viana, R. V. Serapiao, B. C. Carvalho, J. H. M. Viana, L. A. G. Nogueira and L. S.A. Camargo pp. 276-276 Full Text      237 CHARACTERIZATION OF CYTOPLASMIC POLYADENYLATION SITES DURING PORCINE EMBRYOGENESIS  K. D. Dobbs, W. G. Spollen, G. Springer and R. S. Prather pp. 276-277 Full Text      238 RNA BINDING PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN CULTURED EARLY BOVINE EMBRYOS  L. A. Favetta, E. Van de Laar, W. A. King and J. LaMarre pp. 277-277 Full Text      239 ALLELE-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION OF X CHROMOSOME-LINKED GENE MAO-A DURING PRE-IMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT IN BOVINE EMBRYO  A. R. Ferreira, G. M. Machado, T. O. Diesel, J. O. Carvalho, R. Rumpf, E. O. Melo, M. A. N. Dode and M. M. Franco pp. 277-277 Full Text      240 DIFFERENCES IN GLOBAL TRANSCRIPTOME PROFILE OF BOVINE BLASTOCYSTS DERIVED FROM SUPEROVULATED OR SYNCHRONIZED CYCLIC HEIFERS  A. Gad, M. Hoelker, F. Rings, N. Ghanem, D. Salilew-Wondim, D. Tesfaye, C. Phatsara, K. Schellander, V. Havlicek and U. Besenfelder pp. 278-278 Full Text      241 GENE EXPRESSION OF DNMT1 ISOFORMS IN PORCINE OOCYTES, EMBRYOS, AND SOMATIC CELLS  A. M. Giraldo, M. V. Mendicino, A. M. Vance and D. L. Ayares pp. 278-278 Full Text      242 POTENTIAL ESTROGENIC EFFECT(S) OF PARABENS AT THE NEONATAL STAGE OF AN IMMATURE FEMALE RAT MODEL  S. H. Hyun and E. B. Jeung pp. 279-276 Full Text      243 GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING BY NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING OF cDNA SAMPLES FROM INNER CELL MASS AND TROPHECTODERM OF A SINGLE-DAY 12 PORCINE EMBRYO  S. C. Isom and R. S. Prather pp. 279-279 Full Text      244 CHANGES IN THE TRANSCRIPTOME OF THE BOVINE PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYO INDUCED BY COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR-2  B. Loureiro, L. Oliveira and P. J. Hansen pp. 279-280 Full Text      245 EFFECT OF BOVINE OOCYTE MATURATION SYSTEM ON RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF mRNA  M. M. Pereira, F. Q. Costa, A. P. Oliveira, C. M. Assunção, R. V. Serapião, J. H. M. Viana, M. A. Machado and L. S. A.. Camargo pp. 280-280 Full Text      246 ASSOCIATION OF SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS WITHIN THE BOVINE HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70 GENE AND CALVING RATES  C. Rosenkrans Jr, M. Roe, M. Brown, Z. Johnson, H. Brown and M. Looper pp. 280-281 Full Text      247 ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70 GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS AND CALVING RATES OF BRAHMAN-INFLUENCED COWS  C. Rosenkrans Jr, A. Banks, S. Reiter, L. Starkey and M. Looper pp. 281-281 Full Text      248 DIESTRUS TRANSCRIPTOME DYNAMICS OF BOVINE ENDOMETRIUM IN RELATION TO PREGNANCY SUCCESS AFTER EMBRYO TRANSFER  D. Salilew-Wondim, N. Ghanem, M. Hoelker, F. Rings, C. Phatsara, E. Tholen, K. Schellander and D. Tesfaye pp. 281-282 Full Text      249 PROFILE OF MEMBERS OF IGF SYSTEM GENE EXPRESSION IN BOVINE IMMATURE OOCYTES: COMPARISON BETWEEN NELLORE (BOS INDICUS) AND HOLSTEIN (BOS TAURUS)  R. A. Satrapa, R. A. L. Simões, A. C. S. Castilho, T. Nabhan, C. F. Silva, E. M. Razza, M. F. Pegorer, R. Z. Puelker, J. Buratini Jr and C. M. Barros pp. 282-282 Full Text      250 EXPRESSION PATTERN OF p53 mRNA DURING THE ESTROUS CYCLE IN SWINE  P. V. Silva, S. E. F. Guimarães, J. D. Guimarães, P. S. Lopes and L. S. Amorim pp. 282-283 Full Text      251 METHYLATION PATTERN OF A DIFFERENTIALLY METHYLATED REGION LOCATED IN THE LAST EXON OF THE Igf2 GENE IN OOCYTES FROM NELLORE COWS  N. Simarro Fagundes, V. Alice Michalczechen Lacerda, E. Siqueira Caixeta, G. Marinheiro Machado, E. de Oliveira Melo, R. Rumpf, M. Alves Nunes Dode and M. Machaim Franco pp. 283-283 Full Text      252 FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF miR-130 FAMILY DURING BOVINE PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT  P. B. Sinha, M. D. Hossain, F. Rings, M. Hoelker, C. Phatsara, E. Tholen, K. Schellander and D. Tesfaye pp. 283-283 Full Text      253 DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN IN VIVO-DERIVED v. IN VITRO-PRODUCED EQUINE BLASTOCYSTS AS DETERMINED BY RT-qPCR  K. Smits, K. Goossens, A. Van Soom and L. Peelman pp. 284-284 Full Text      254 REGULATORY microRNA IN THE BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION OF BOVINE OOCYTES AND THE SURROUNDING CUMULUS CELLS  D. Tesfaye, W. S. Abd El Naby, M. D. Hossain, A. Gad, D. Salilew-Wondim, F. Rings, C. Phatsara, E. Tholen, C. Looft, K. Schellander and M. Hoelker pp. 284-284 Full Text      255 THE ESTROGENIC EVALUATION OF PARABENS USING RAT UTERINE CALBINDIN-D9k  T. T. B. Vo and E. B. Jeung pp. 285-285 Full Text      256 ROLE OFTHE BOVINE OOCYTE-SPECIFIC PROTEIN JY-1 IN REGULATION OF MESSENGER RNA ABUNDANCE FOR GENES LINKED TO CUMULUS EXPANSION  G. Wee, K. B. Lee, J. J. Ireland and G. W. Smith pp. 285-285 Full Text      257 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BOS TAURUS AND BOS INDICUS EMBRYOS: TRANSCRIPTS AMOUNTS  S. Wohlres-Viana, M. M. Pereira, A. P. Oliveira, J. H. M. Viana, M. A. Machado and L. S. A. Camargo pp. 285-286 Full Text      258 CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE CLONED HANWOO CALVES DERIVED FROM SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER USING MS GENOTYPES AND mtDNA POLYMORPHISMS  B. C. Yang, S. S. Hwang, K. B. Oh, C. H. Park, E. W. Park, D. H. Kim, S. S. Lee, S. H. Han and S. B. Park pp. 286-286 Full Text      259 SODIUM/POTASSIUM/CALCIUM EXCHANGER 3 IS REGULATED BY STEROID HORMONES, ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE, IN THE UTERUS OF RAT DURING ESTROUS CYCLE  H. Yang and E. B. Jeung pp. 286-286 Full Text      260 BREED INFLUENCES OUTCOME OF IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF EMBRYOS IN CATTLE  M. C. Abraham, A. Ruete and Y. C. B. Brandt pp. 287-287 Full Text      261 EVALUATION OF TWO GAS MIXTURES, ADDITION OF N-ACETYLCYSTEINE, AND LIPOPEROXIDATION LEVELS IN PORCINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED IN VITRO  A. L. Alvarez, Y. C. Ducolomb, H. Vera, A. Villa-Godoy, J. F. De la Torre and S. Romo pp. 287-288 Full Text      262 REPORTS OF IN VITRO PRODUCTION AND PREGNANCY RATES OF BOVINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED BY POST-THAWING SEXED SEMEN  K. B. Avelino, M. R. Rossetto, A. C. Maraia, M. R. Lima, A. T. R. Mansano and J. M. Garcia pp. 288-288 Full Text