Format:
Online-Ressource (X, 568 S.)
ISBN:
9781780643168
Series Statement:
CABI Books
Content:
Understanding animal andrology is fundamental to optimising genetic breeding traits in domestic and wild animals. This book provides extensive coverage of male reproductive biology, discussing the essentials of sperm production, harvest and preservation before covering the applications to a range of animals including cattle, horses, pigs, small ruminants, camelids, cats and dogs, poultry and exotic species. It also examines the laboratory procedures that provide the basis of general fertility research
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; Contributors; Preface; PART I. ANIMAL ANDROLOGY THEORIES; 1 Semen and its Constituents; 2 Sperm Production and its Harvest; 3 Determinants of Sperm Morphology; 4 Sperm Preparation for Fertilization; 5 Fundamental and Practical Aspects of Semen Cryopreservation; 6 Evaluation of Semen in the Andrology Laboratory; 7 Genetic Aspects of Male Reproduction; PART II. ANIMAL ANDROLOGY APPLICATIONS; 8 Applied Small Animal Andrology; 9 Applied Andrology in Chickens and Turkeys; 10 Applied Andrology in Sheep, Goats and Selected Cervids; 11 Applied Andrology in Horses
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12 Applied Andrology in Cattle (Bos taurus)13 Applied Andrology in Cattle (Bos indicus); 14 Applied Andrology in Water Buffalo; 15 Applied Andrology in Swine; 16 Applied Andrology in Camelids; 17 Applied Andrology in Endangered, Exotic and Wildlife Species; 18 Male Animal Contraception; 19 Semen Evaluation and Handling: Emerging Techniques and Future Development; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781780643175
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781780643168
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Animal andrology
Additional Edition:
Print version Animal andrology Wallingford : CABI, [2014]
Language:
English
Keywords:
Tiermedizin
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Andrologie
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.1079/9781780643168.0000
