Control of Pig Reproduction VII reflects the proceedings of The Seventh International Conference on Pig Reproduction which was held in The Netherlands in June 2005.
Twenty-four invited speakers from nine countries reviewed recent developments in:
- Relationship of the Brain
- Pituitary
- Adipose Tissue Axis to Reproduction
- Gonads
- Uterus / Embryo
- Nutrition/ Environment
- Controlled reproduction
- Genetics / Transgenics / Cloning
Contents
Relationship of the Brain - Pituitary - Adipose Tissue Axis to Reproduction
- Distribution and gene expression of neuropeptides during brain development
- Foetal and neonatal development of luteinising hormone and its regulatory systems in the pig
- Gene expression in the brain-pituitary adipose tissue axis and luteinising hormone secretion during prepubertal development in the gilt
- Transsynaptic connections between the hypothalamus and adipose tissue: relationship to reproduction
Gonads
- Androgens in female pig reproduction: actions mediated by the androgen receptor
- The role of intra-luteal factors in the control of the porcine corpus luteum
- The boar testis: the most versatile steroid-producing organ known
- Genetic variation in sperm production
Uterus/Embryo
- Uterine development and endometrial programming
- Maternal recognition of pregnancy signal or endocrine disruptor: the two faces of oestrogen during establishment of pregnancy in the pig
- Inhibition of luteolysis and embryo-uterine interactions during the peri-implantation period in pigs
- The use of microarrays to define functionally-related genes that are differentially expressed in the cycling pig uterus
Nutrition/Environment
- Dietary fat and reproduction in the post partum sow
- Stress, cortisol and reproduction in female pigs
- Seasonality of reproduction in gilts and sows
- Effects of boar stimuli on he follicular phase and on oestrous behaviour in sows
Controlled Reproduction
- Influence of semen on inflammatory modulators of embryo implantation
- Harnessing the biology of the oviduct for the benefit of artificial insemination
- Strategies to improve fertility of frozen-thawed boar semen for artificial insemination
- Cryopreservation and transfer of pig embryos
Genetics/Transgenics/Cloning
- Deciphering the pig genome to understand gamete production
- Factors influencing the commercialisation of cloning in the pork industry
- Structural, biochemical and functional aspects of sperm-oocyte interactions in pigs
- Germ cell transplantation in pigs – advances and applications
Index
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