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THERIOGENOLOGY CONTENTS VOLUME 48 1 July 1997, Volume 48, Number 1 EMBRYO CLONING IN SHEEP: WORK IN PROGRESS P. Loi, S. Boyazoglu, M. Gallus, S. Ledda, S. Naitana, I. Wilmut, P. Cappai and S. Casu DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF A MALIGNANT GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR IN A HOLSTEIN NULLIGRAVIDA: A CASE STUDY D.E. Hostetler, D.J. Sprecher, B. Yamini and N.K. Ames SERUM THYROID HORMONE CONCENTRATIONS DURING GROWTH AND PUBERTY IN CARORA DAIRY HEIFERS OF VENEZUELA H. Leyva-Ocariz, J. Lucciolaan d S. Puzzar CHANGES IN THE 3-DIMENSION DISTRIBUTION OF MITOCHONDRIA DURING MEIOTIC DIVISIONS OF MOUSE OOCYTES C.J. Liand B.Q. Fan THE EFFECT OF QUICK-FREEZING IN ETHYLENE GLYCOL ON MORPHOLOGICAL SURVIVAL AND IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF MOUSE EMBRYOS FROZEN AT DIFFERENT PREIMPLANTATION STAGES S. Cseh, J. Corselli, S.L. Nehlsen-Cannarella, L.L. Bailey and A.A. Szalay ONTOGENY OF LH/hCG RECEPTOR GENE EXPRESSION IN MALE AND FEMALE PIG REPRODUCTIVE TRACTS K. Derecka and A.J. Ziecik ACETOACETATE AND B-D-HYDROXYBUTYRATE AS ENERGY SUBSTRATES DURING EARLY BOVINE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO E. Gomez EMERGENCE AND DEVIATION OF FOLLICLES DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOLLICULAR WAVES IN CATTLE O.J. Ginther, K. Kot, L.J. Kulick and M.C. Wiltbank NORGESTROMET IMPLANTS MAINTAIN PREGNANCY IN OVARIECTOMIZED HEIFERS D.J. Kesler Theriogenology CONTENTS VOLUME 48 ULTRASONOGRAPHY OF THE DEVELOPING REPRODUCTIVE TRACT IN RAM LAMBS: EFFECTS OF A GnRH AGONIST R.K. Chandolia, P.M. Bartlewski, B.C. Omeke, A.P. Beard, N.C. Rawlingasn d R.A. Pierson ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE TESTES AND ACCESSORY GLANDS BY ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN BULL CALVES AND ASSOCIATED ENDOCRINE CHANGES R.K. Chandolia, A. Honaramooz, B.C. Omeke, R. Pierson, A.P. Beard and N.C. Rawlings BOVINE PREANTRAL FOLLICLES AND ACTIVIN IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY FOR ACTIVIN AND ACTIVIN RECEPTOR AND THE EFFECT OF BOVINE ACTIVIN A IN VITRO S.C.J. Hulshof, J.R. Figueiredo, J.F. Beckers, M.M. Bevers, H. Vanderstichele and R. van den Hurk EFFECTS OF MELATONIN AND PLANE OF NUTRITION ON MAMMARY DEVELOPMENT IN PREPUBERTAL BOUTSIKO MOUNTAIN BREED EWE LAMBS G.M. Peclaris, E. Nikolaou, G. Kann, P. Eleftheriou, T. Yupsanis, A. Mantzios and K. Koutsotolis EFFECT OF PREBREEDING MAINTENANCE DIET ON SUBSEQUENT REPRODUCTION BY ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IN ALPINE AND SAANEN GOATS L.A. Goonewardene, W. Whitmore, S. Jaeger, T. Borchert, E. Okine, O. Ashmawy and S. Emond EFFECTS OF CULTURING BOVINE OOCYTES EITHER SINGLY OR IN GROUPS ON DEVELOPMENT TO BLASTOCYSTS E.M. O'Doherty, M.G. Wade, J.L. Hill and MP. Boland 15 July 1997, Volume 48, Number 2 IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AND IN VITRO CULTURE OF BOVINE EMBRYOS IN THE PRESENCE OF NONCYTOPATHIC BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS D.A. Stringfellow, K.P. Riddell, K.V. Brock, M.G. Riddell, P.K. Galik, J.C. Wright and -F. Hasler Theriogenology CONTENTS VOLUME 48 EFFECTS OF ANTIOXIDANTS ON MOTILITY AND MEMBRANE INTEGRITY OF CHILLED-STORED STALLION SEMEN J.E. Aurich, U. Schénherr, H. Hoppe and C. Aurich PRODUCTION AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF MURINE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST GnRH AF. Carson, W.J. McCaughey, D.P. Mackie, H.C. Higgins and R.W.J. Steen MEMBRANE STATUS OF BOAR SPERMATOZOA AFTER COOLING OR CRYOPRESERVATION W.M.C. Maxwelaln d L.A. Johnson RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO AND 56-DAY NONRETURN RATES OF COWS INSEMINATED WITH FROZEN-THAWED SEMEN FROM DAIRY BULLS B.R. Zhang, B. Larsson, N. Lundeheim and H. Rodriguez-Martinez CHANGES IN PERIPHERAL INHIBIN LEVELS AND FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING TREATMENT OF BUFFALO WITH PMSG AND NEUTRA-PMSG FOR SUPEROVULATION P. Palta, M. Kumar, S. Jailkhani, R.S. Manik and M.L. Madan NEUTRALIZATION OF PREGNANCY-PREVENTING ACTIVITY OF CABERGOLINE, A DOPAMINE AGONIST WITH PROGESTERONE H. Negishi, G.P. Kumar, M. Laloraya and S.S. Koide IN VITRO CHARACTERISTICS OF CANINE SPERMATOZOA SUBJECTED TO TWO METHODS OF CRYOPRESERVATION B. Strém, A. Rota and C. Linde-Forsberg TESTICULAR SIZE AT WEANING IN TROPICALLY-ADAPTED BEEF BULLS AS INFLUENCED BY BREED OF SIRE AND DAM R. Browning, Jr., B.G. Warrington, J.W. Holloway and R.D. Randel FERTILITY AND OVUM FERTILIZATION RATE AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC OR TRANSCERVICAL INTRAUTERINE ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION OF OXYTOCIN-TREATED EWES B.L. Sayre and G.S. Lewis Theriogenology CONTENTS VOLUME 48 FOLLICULAR DYNAMICS, REPEATABILITY AND PREDICTABILITY OF FOLLICULAR RECRUITMENT IN COWS UNDERGOING REPEATED FOLLICULAR PUNCTURE R. Boni, M.W.M. Roelofsen, M.C. Pieterse, J. Kogut and Th.A.M. Kruip GnRH IMPROVES THE RECOVERY RATE AND THE IN VITRO DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF OOCYTES OBTAINED BY TRANSVAGINAL FOLLICULAR ASPIRATION FROM SUPERSTIMULATED HEIFERS V. Bordignon, N. Morin, J. Durocher, D. Bousquet and L.C. Smith ASSESSMENT OF VIABILITY AND MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION OF EQUINE SPERMATOZOA USING DOUBLE STAINING AND FLOW CYTOMETRY K.Z. Papaioannou, R.P. Murphy, R.S. Monks, N. Hynes, M.P. Ryan, M.P. Boland and J.F. Roche EFFECTS OF ALTRENOGEST ON TOTAL SCROTAL WIDTH, SEMINAL CHARACTERISTICS, CONCENTRATIONS OF LH AND TESTOSTERONE AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF STALLIONS E.L. Squires, S.L. Badzinski, R.P. Amann, P.M. McCue and T.M. Nett COMPARISON OF IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT AND GENE EXPRESSION OF IN VIVO- AND IVM/IVF-DERIVED PORCINE EMBRYOS AFTER MICROINJECTION OF FOREIGN DNA D.B. Koo, N-H. Kim, J.G. Lim, S.M. Lee, H.T. Lee and K.S. Chung August 1997, Volume 48, Number 3 INFERTILITY IN A CRYPTORCHID BULL: A CASE REPORT S. Marcus, L.S. Shore, S. Perl, M. Bar-el and M. Shemesh FAILURE OF LUTEOLYSIS LEADS TO PROLONGED GESTATION IN A BITCH: A CASE REPORT P.C. Irons, J.O. Nothling and D.H. Volkmann SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF BIOPSIED EQUINE EMBRYOS M. Huhtinen, J. Peippo and P. Bredbacka Theriogenology CONTENTS VOLUME 48 SELECTED TIMES OF INSEMINATION WITH MICROENCAPSULATED BOVINE SPERMATOZOA AFFECT PREGNANCY RATES OF SYNCHRONIZED HEIFERS R. Vishwanath, R.L. Nebel, W.H. McMillan, C.J. Pitt and K.L. Macmillan EVALUATION OF MITOMYCIN-TREATED VERO CELLS AS A CO-CULTURE SYSTEM FOR IVM/IVF-DERIVED BOVINE EMBRYOS J.A. Carnegie, R. Durnford, J. Algire and J. Morgan EFFECT OF MILK FRACTIONS ON SURVIVAL OF EQUINE SPERMATOZOA F. Batellier, M. Magistrini, J. Fauquant and E. Palmer EFFECT OF EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION WITH congolense AND SCROTAL INSULATION ON LEYDIG CELL STEROIDOGENESIS IN THE RAM B.M. Mutayoba, P.J. O'Shaughnessy, I.A. Jeffcoate, P.D. Eckersall, V. Cestnik and P.H. Holmes USE OF SHORT-TERM PROGESTIN TREATMENT TO RESYNCHRONIZE SECOND ESTRUS FOLLOWING SYNCHRONIZED BREEDING IN BEEF HEIFERS H.T. Purvis and J.C. Whittier THE DOMINANT FOLLICLE EXERTS AN INTEROVARIAN INHIBITION ON FSH-INDUCED FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT K.E. Wolfsdorf, T. Diaz, E.J.P. Schmitt, M.J. Thatcher, M. Drost and W.W. Thatcher DETERMINATION OF GESTATIONAL AGE IN SHEEP AND GOATS USING TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT OF PLACENTOMES F. Doizé, D. Vaillancourt, H. Carabin and D. Bélanger REPLACEMENT OF SERUM AND HORMONE ADDITIVES WITH FOLLICULAR FLUID IN THE IVM MEDIUM: EFFECTS ON MATURATION, FERTILIZATION AND SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT OF BUFFALO OOCYTES IN VITRO M.S. Chauhan, P. Palta, S.K. Das, P.K. Katiyar and M.L. Madan EFFECTS OF CONDITIONED MEDIA FROM MURINE GRANULOSA CELL LINES ON THE GROWTH OF ISOLATED BOVINE PREANTRAL FOLLICLES K. Schotanus, W.J. Hage, H. Vanderstichelaen d R. van den Hurk CONTENTS VOLUME 48 FACTORS AFFECTING SUCCESS OF EMBRYO COLLECTION AND TRANSFER IN A TRANSGENIC GOAT PROGRAM E. Gootwine, I. Barash, A. Bor, I. Dekel, A. Friedler, M. Heller, U. Zaharoni, A. Zenue and M. Shani EVALUATION OF FERTILITY STATUS OF MURRAH BUFFALO BULLS IN VITRO USING ZONA-FREE HAMSTER EGGS B.P. Brahmkshtri, M.J. Edwin, C.G. Joshi, S.N. Sivaselvam and A.R. Krishnan BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF FETAL FLUIDS AT THE TIME OF CESAREAN SECTION IN THE COW P. Mijten, A.E.J.M. van den Bogaard, M.J. Hazen and A. de Kruif September 1997, Volume 48, Number 4 ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF RAW SEMEN: A REVIEW L. Malmgren INFLUENCE OF THAWING METHOD ON MOTILITY, PLASMA MEMBRANE INTEGRITY AND MORPHOLOGY OF FROZEN-THAWED STALLION SPERMATOZOA K. Borg, B. Colenbrander, A. Fazeli, J. Parlevliet and L. Malmgren IN VITRO PENETRATION OF PIG OOCYTES IN A MODIFIED TRIS-BUFFERED MEDIUM: EFFECT OF BSA, CAFFEINE AND CALCIUM L.R. Abeydeera and B.N. Day REPEATED ENDOSCOPIC OVUM PICK UP IN HORMONALLY UNTREATED EWES: A NEW TECHNIQUE B. Kiihholzer, S. Miiller, A. Treuer, J. Seregi, U. Besenfeldearn d G. Brem DEMI-EMBRYO PRODUCTION FROM HATCHING OF ZONA-DRILLED BOVINE AND RABBIT BLASTOCYSTS M. Skrzyszowska, Z. Smorag and L. Katska EFFECT OF DYSTOCIA ON SERUM HAPTOGLOBIN IN AWASSI EWES D.M. Aziz and MB. Taha SURVIVAL OF IVF-DERIVED BOVINE EMBRYOS FROZEN IN GLYCEROL OR ETHYLENE GLYCOL J.F. Hasler, P.J. Hurtgen, Z.Q. Jin and J.E. Stokes Theriogenology CONTENTS VOLUME 48 PUBERTY AND GROWTH RATE IN THOROUGHBRED FILLIES G.P. Nogueira, R.C. Barnabe and I.T.N. Verreschi CRYOPRESERVATION OF TURBOT (Scophthalmus maximus) SPERMATOZOA C. Dreanno, M. Suquet, L. Quemener, J. Cosson, F. Fierville, Y. Normant and R. Billard STIMULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE EMBRYOS BY INSULIN AND INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-I (IGF-I) IS MEDIATED THROUGH THE IGF-I RECEPTOR M. Matsui, Y. Takahashi, M. Hishinumaan d H. Kanagawa EFFECT OF RETAINED PLACENTA ON SUBSEQUENT BACTERIOLOGICAL AND CYTOLOGICAL INTRAUTERINE ENVIRONMENT AND REPRODUCTION IN HOLSTEIN DAIRY COWS K. Kaneko, S. Kawakami, M. Miyoshi, T. Abukawa, S. Yamanaka, M. Mochizuki and S. Yoshihara SEMEN TRAITS AND METABOLIC AND GONADOTROPIC HORMONE PROFILES IN RAM LAMBS TREATED WITH GLUCOSE D.B. Carpenter, D.M. Hallford, L.S. Hung and D.E. Hawkins CHARACTERIZATION AND CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF JAPANESE BLACK CALVES PRODUCED BY NUCLEAR TRANSFER S. Yazawa, Y. Aoyagi, M. Konishi and T. Takedomi A LARGE-SCALE PROGRAM IN LAPAROSCOPIC INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION WITH FROZEN-THAWED SEMEN IN AUSTRALIAN MERINO SHEEP IN ARGENTINE PATAGONIA D. Moses, A.G. Martinez, G. Iorio, A. Valcarcel, A. Ham, H. Pessi, R. Castafion, A. Marcia and M. de las Heras CORRELATIONS BETWEEN CHEMICAL PARAMETERS, MITOGENIC ACTIVITY AND EMBRYOTROPHIC ACTIVITY OF BOVINE OVIDUCT-CONDITIONED MEDIUM M. Stojkovic, E. Wolf, A. Van Langendonckt, A. Vansteenbrugge, G. Charpigny, P. Reinaud, F. Gandolfi, T.A.L. Brevini, P. Mermillod, M. Terqui, G. Brem and A. Massip PERIPUBERTAL TRAITS OF BRAHMAN BULLS IN YUCATAN C. Silva-Mena Theriogenology CONTENTS VOLUME 48 MORPHOMETRY OF NORMAL AND TERATOZOOSPERMIC CANINE SPERM HEADS USING AN IMAGE ANALYZER: WORK IN PROGRESS M. Dahibom, M. Andersson, M. Vierula and M. Alanko 1 October 1997, Volume 48, Number 5 A COMPARISON OF MENEZO'S B2 AND TISSUE CULTURE MEDIUM-199 FOR IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF BOVINE BLASTOCYSTS C.E. Farin, J.F. Hasler, N.S. Martus and J.E. Stokes EFFECTS OF SPERM TREATMENTS ON THE IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE OOCYTES IN SEMIDEFINED AND DEFINED MEDIA O. Jaakma, B.R. Zhang, B. Larsson, K. Niwa and H. Rodriguez-Martinez RELATIONSHIPS AMONG FROZEN-THAWED SPERM CHARACTERISTICS ASSESSED VIA THE ROUTINE SEMEN ANALYSIS, SPERM FUNCTIONAL TESTS AND FERTILITY OF BULLS IN AN ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION PROGRAM J.R. Correa, M.M. Pace and P.M. Zavos CHANGES IN OVARIAN OXYTOCIN SECRETION AS AN INDICATOR OF CORPUS LUTEUM RESPONSE TO PROSTAGLANDIN F>,, TREATMENT IN CATTLE D.J. Skarzynski, M. Bogacki and J. Kotwica BOVINE OOCYTES FROM EARLY ANTRAL FOLLICLES GROW TO MEIOTIC COMPETENCE IN VITRO: EFFECT OF FSH AND HYPOXANTHINE M. Harada, T. Miyano, K. Matsumura, S. Osaki, M. Miyake and S. Kato SURGES OF FSH DURING THE FOLLICULAR AND EARLY LUTEAL PHASES OF THE ESTROUS CYCLE IN HEIFERS D.R. Bergfelt, C.A. Smith, G.P. Adams and O.J. Ginther BOVINE OOCYTE DIAMETER IN RELATION TO DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE T. Otoi, K. Yamamoto, N. Koyama, S. Tachikawaan d T. Suzuki EVALUATION OF BREED AS A RISK FACTOR FOR ATRESIA COLI IN CATTLE P.D. Constable, R.D. Shanks, J. Huhn and D_E. Morin Theriogenology CONTENTS VOLUME 48 EFFECTS OF FETAL CALF SERUM, AMINO ACIDS, VITAMINS AND INSULIN ON BLASTOCOEL FORMATION AND HATCHING OF IN VIVO AND IVM/IVF-DERIVED PORCINE EMBRYOS DEVELOPING IN VITRO D.B. Koo, N.-H. Kim, H.T. Lee and K.S. Chung THE TIME INTERVAL BETWEEN FSH-P ADMINISTRATION AND SLAUGHTER CAN INFLUENCE THE DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF BEEF HEIFER OOCYTES P. Blondin, L.A. Guilbault and M -A. Sirard MORPHOLOGICAL EVENTS DURING IN VITRO FERTILIZATION OF PREPUBERTAL GOAT OOCYTES MATURED IN VITRO T. Mogas, M.J. Palomo, M_D. Izquierdo and MT. Paramio CRYOPRESERVATION OF RABBIT SPERMATOZOA USING ACETAMIDE IN COMBINATION WITH TREHALOSE AND METHYL CELLULOSE A.M. Dalimata and J.K. Graham EFFECTS OF EXTRACELLULAR POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS ON ACROSOME REACTION AND POLYSPERMY DURING IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AND SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO IN THE PIG J.-G. Lim, N.-H. Kim, H.T. Lee and K.S. Chung RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPERM-ZONA PELLUCIDA BINDING ASSAYS AND 853 THE 56-DAY NONRETURN RATE OF CATTLE INSEMINATED WITH FROZEN-THAWED BULL SEMEN A.R. Fazeli, B.R. Zhang, W. Steenweg, B. Larsson, M.M. Bevers, J. van den Broek, H. Rodriguez-Martinez and B. Colenbrander THE RELATIONSHIP OF RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF THE VAGINAL FLUID AT THE TIME OF INSEMINATION TO THE PREGNANCY RATE IN DAIRY COWS F. Lopez-Gatius, J. Labérnia, P. Santolaria, J. Rutilanatn d M. Lopez-Béjar EVALUATION OF FALSE ULTRASONOGRAPHIC PREGNANCY DIAGNOSES IN SOWS BY MEASURING THE CONCENTRATION OF UNCONJUGATED ESTROGENS IN FECES O. Szenci, R. Palme, M.A.M. Taverne, J. Varga, N. Meersma and E. Wissink ENDOCRINE BASIS FOR TESTICULAR FUNCTION IN THE STALLION JF. Roser Theriogenology CONTENTS VOLUME 48 15 October 1997, Volume 48, Number 6 EFFECT OF B-CAROTENE ADMINISTRATION ON REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION OF HORSE AND PONY MARES MM. Peltier, M.R. Peltier, D.C. Sharp and E.A. Ott EQUINE FROZEN SEMEN: FREEZABILITY AND FERTILITY FIELD RESULTS M. Vidament, A.M. Dupere, P. Julienne, A. Evain, P. Noue and E. Palmer THE EFFECTS OF PARTURITION AND PERIPARTUM COMPLICATIONS ON THE PERITONEAL FLUID COMPOSITION OF MARES G. Frazer, D. Burba, D. Paccamonti, D. Blouin, M. LeBlanc, R. Embertson and S. Hance EFFECT OF THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION WITH FROZEN-THAWED OR FRESH SEMEN ON EMBRYO VIABILITY AND EARLY PREGNANCY RATE IN GILTS G.R. Bertani, LR. Scheid, F.B. Fialho, M.1.B. Rubin, I. Wentz and P_B.D. Gongalves RESISTANCE TO OSMOTIC STRESS OF HORSE SPERMATOZOA: THE ROLE OF IONIC PUMPS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CRYOPRESERVATION SUCCESS FI. Caiza de la Cueva, MR. Pujol, T. Rigau, S. Bonet, J. Mird, M. Briz and J.E. Rodriguez-Gil SYNCHRONIZATION OF CELL DIVISION IN EIGHT-CELL BOVINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED IN VITRO: EFFECTS OF APHIDICOLIN S. Samaké and L.C. Smith A COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATION ON THE POTENCY OF CELLS FROM THE INNER CELL MASS AND TROPHECTODERM OF MOUSE BLASTOCYSTS TO PRODUCE CHIMERAS Y. Sotomaru, Y. Kato and Y. Tsunoda THE EFFECT OF BOVINE PESTIVIRUS INFECTION ON THE SUPEROVULATORY RESPONSE OF FRIESIAN HEIFERS M. Kafi, M.R. McGowan, P.D. Kirkland and D. Jillella