Reproduction in Domestic Ruminants: v. VI

Male reproduction * Seminal plasma effects on sperm handling and female fertility * In vitro evaluation of sperm quality related to in vivo function and fertility * Ovarian function * Control of ovarian follicular development to the gonadotrophin-dependent phase: a 2006 perspective * Control of ovarian follicular and corpus luteum development for the synchronization of ovulation in cattle * Neuroendocrinology * Novel concepts about normal sexual differentiation of reproductive neuroendocrine function and the developmental origins of female reproductive dysfunction: the sheep model * Immunological influences on reproductive neuroendocrinology * Nutritional inputs into the reproductive neuroendocrine control system - a multidimensional perspective * Gametes and fertilisation * Development of the dominant follicle: mechanisms of selection and maintenance of oocyte quality * Pregnancy rates in cattle with cryopreserved sexed spermatozoa: effects of laser intensity, staining conditions and catalase * The Eric Lamming Memorial Session * Metabolism of the bovine cumulus-oocyte complex and influence on subsequent developmental competence * The Eric Lamming Memorial Lecture: Judge, jury and executioner: the auto-regulation of luteal function * Reproductive management * Socio-sexual signalling and gonadal function: Opportunities for reproductive management in domestic ruminants * Technologies for fixed-time artificial insemination and their influence on reproductive performance of Bos indicus cattle * Fertility in high-producing dairy cows: Reasons for decline and corrective strategies for sustainable improvement * Deer and buffalo reproduction * Gestation length in red deer: genetically determined or environmentally controlled? * Reproductive endocrinology and biotechnology applications among buffaloes * Yak and camelid reproduction * The challenges and progress in the management of reproduction in yaks * Current knowledge and future challenges in camelid reproduction * Embryo technologies * State-of-the-art embryo technologies in cattle * Nuclear reprogramming by somatic cell nuclear transfer - the cattle story * Embryo gene expression * Gene expression analysis of single preimplantation bovine embryos and the consequence for developmental potential * Gene expression in elongating and gastrulating embryos from ruminants * Fetal-maternal interactions * Fetal-maternal interactions during the establishment of pregnancy in ruminants * The effects of maternal nutrition around the time of conception on the health of the offspring * Fetal development * Flock differences in the impact of maternal dietary restriction on offspring growth and glucose tolerance in female offspring * The developmental origins of health and disease: current theories and epigenetic mechanisms * Posters * Subject index