A technology that allows for manipulating of oestrus and ovulation, and would then also allow for fixed-time insemination, can be of great benefit for swine farms that operate using sow batch… (More)
Although there are indications for venereal transmission of chlamydiae in cattle, epidemiological data on the presence of these bacteria in bulls and bull semen in particular is still incomplete. We… (More)
After technological advances allowed for the adaptation of B-mode ultrasonography equipment for use in pig facilities, ultrasonography quickly established itself as an ideal diagnostic aid for… (More)
Since epidemiologically-based science on PCV2 in porcine semen is patchy, we investigated 806 Austrian (A) and German (G) AI boars from five studs, and boars from Austrian farms used for on-farm… (More)
Chlamydial infections of the genital organs cause reproductive failure in female pigs, and the uterus is recognized a target tissue for an infection. In contrast, information on the effect of… (More)
Employing uteroplacental tissue at Day 35 of gestation, we determined the nucleic acid sequence of canine preprorelaxin using reverse transcription- and rapid amplification of cDNA ends-polymerase… (More)
This study investigated the relationship between follicle size (FS) and developmental competence of calf oocytes. Cumulus-oocyte-complexes (COCs) from follicles>8 (L-COCs; n=19), 4-8 (M-COCs; n=54),… (More)
In the primiparous lactating sow undernutrition affects LH, but the effect on FSH is less clear. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of ad libitum (AL; n = 5) and restricted (RE; 70%… (More)
Employing RT- and RACE-PCR on RNA isolated from testicular tissue, we have cloned the coding cDNA sequence for the RLF, also known as Insl3, of the fallow deer. The RLF coding sequence consisted of… (More)
In two experiments (EXP), 44 and 52 crossbred gilts (mean age+/-S.D. and weight+/-S.D.: 204+/-22 and 203+/-9 days, 114+/-13 and 127+/-12 kg, respectively, in EXP 1 and 2) from four farms were… (More)