Pre-implantation bovine embryo evaluation—from optics to omics and beyond

RAC Rabel, PV Marchioretto, EA Bangert, K Wilson… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary With conventional breeding practices, even the best dairy/beef cows will
likely produce no more than half-a-dozen calves in their lifetimes; a crime, would you not …

Interleukin-6 supplementation improves bovine conceptus elongation and transcriptomic indicators of developmental competence

SL Speckhart, MA Oliver, JA Keane… - Biology of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
A high incidence of pregnancy failures occurs in cattle during the second week of pregnancy
as blastocysts transition into an elongated conceptus. This work explored whether …

Extensive rewiring of the gene regulatory interactions between in vitro–produced conceptuses and endometrium during attachment

FH Biase, SE Moorey, JG Schnuelle, S Rodning… - PNAS …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Pregnancy loss is a significant problem when embryos produced in vitro are transferred to a
synchronized uterus. Currently, mechanisms that underlie losses of in vitro–produced …

Sex cord-stromal (granulosa cell) tumor in an ovotestis from a cow

G St-Jean, V Charreton-Sanford… - The Canadian …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
Development of gonadal tumors within an ovotestis is rare in mammals and this disturbance
was not reported in cows. We report herein a gonadal stromal (granulosa cell) tumor in an …

An exploratory study on the sperm ratio in dogs: repeatability over time and some reproductive effects

D Groppetti, L De Lorenzi, P Parma, V Bronzo… - Archives of Veterinary …, 2023 - air.unimi.it
Mechanisms that regulate sexual chromosome distribution in the canine ejaculate are not
quite understood with no data about both its variation over time and the effect on …