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THERIOGENOLOGY CONTENTS INDEX FOR VOLUME 49, 1998 January (1) 1998, Volume 49, Number 1 IAN GORDON, recipient of the 1998 EMBRYO TRANSFER PIONEER AWARD Citation by M.P. Boland, PRACTICAL MEASURES TO IMPROVE IN VITRO BLASTOCYST PRODUCTION IN THE BOVINE B. Marquant-Leguienne and P. Humblot PRODUCTION OF EMBRYOS BY ASSISTED REPRODUCTION IN THE HORSE K. Hinricks PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF PIG EMBRYOS R. Prather and B.N. Day TECHNICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOWER FERTILIZATION FOLLOWING INTRA CYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION (ICSI) INHUMAN A.K. Dubey, A.S. Penzias, R.H. Reindollar and T. Ducibella ACTIVATION OF DEVELOPMENT IN MAMMALS: IS THERE A ROLE FOR A SPERM CYTOSOLIC FACTOR? R. Fissore, A.C. Gordo, and H.Wu BIOCHEMICAL AND CELLULAR INSIGHTS INTO THE TEMPORAI WINDOW OF NORMAL FERTILIZATION T. Ducibella REMODELING THE SPERM NUCLEUS INTO A MALE PRONUCLEUS AT FERTILIZATION P. Collas and D. Poccia CHANGES IN REQUIREMENTS AND UTILIZATION OF NUTRIENTS DURING MAMMALIAN PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN EMBRYO CULTURE D. Gardner RESPONSES OF OOCYTES AND EMBRYOS TO THE CULTURE ENVIRONMENT R.L. Krisher and B.D. Bavister TEMPORAL PATTERNSO F EMBRYONIC GENE EXPRESSION AND THEIR DEPENDENCE ON OOGENETIC FACTORS P.A. DeSousa, A. Caveney, M.E. Westhusin and A.J. Watson (continued) Theriogenology 49:1591-1622, 1998 0093-69 1X/98/$ 19.00 >) 1998 by Elsevier Science Inc Pll SO093-691X(98)00105-8 Theriogenology CONTENTS INDEX CLONING: NEW BREAKTHROUGHS LEADING TO COMMERCIAI OPPORTUNITIES S.L. Stice, J.M. Robl, F.A. Ponce de Leon, J. Jerry, P.G. Golueke, J.B. Cibelli and J.J. Kane COMMERCIALIZATION OF PROTEINS PRODUCED IN THI MAMMARY GLAND C.A. Ziomek EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS AS A MODEL FOR STUDYING REGULATIONO F CELLULAR DIFFERENTIATION J. Dinsmore, J. Ratliff, D. Jacoby, M. Wunderlicahn d C. Lindberg Abstracts for Poster Presentations Activation PARTHENOGENETIC ACTIVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF RABBIT OOCYTES FOLLOWING ELECTRIC STIMULATIONOR IONOMYCIN PLUS 6-DIMETH YLAMINOPURINI Ha RJ, Yin XJ, Kang DW, Park JK, Song SY, KongI K, Lee HJ and Park CS DEVELOPMENT OF PIG OOCYTES ACTIVATED BY STIMULATION OF ANEXOGENOUS G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR Kim JH, Machaty Z, Cabot R, Han YM and Prather RS HISTONE HI AND MAP KINASE ACTIVITIES IN ACTIVATED BOVINI OOCYTES LiuL, JuJ-C and Yang X CHARACTERISTICS OF THIMEROSAL-INDUCED ACTIVATION OF PIG OOCYTES Machaty Z and Prather RS ACTIVATION OF BOVINE OOCYTES FOR NUCLEAR TRANSFER USING ULTRAVIOLET-TREATED SPERMATOZOA Smith LC and Bordignon \ FUNCTIONAL ANALYSISO F ACTIVATION OF PORCINE OOCYTES BY SPERMATOZOA, CALCIUM IONOPHORE AND ELECTRICAL PULSE Wang WH, Abeydeera LR, and Day BN ACTIVITY OF HISTONE HI KINASE AND MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE AFTER ACTIVATION BY ELECTRIC STIMULATION IN PORCINE OOCYTES MATURED IN VITRO Yamauchi N, Tauchi S, Yamauchi E, Geshi M and Nagai 1 Cryopreservation EFFECT OF CRYOPROTECTANT, THAWING METHOD, EMBRYO GRADE 160 AND BREED ON PREGNANCY RATESO F CR YOPRESER VED BOVINE EMBRYOS Arreseigor CJ, Sisul A, Arreseigor AE, and Stahringer RC (continued) Theriogenology CONTENTS INDEX ASSISTED HATCHING OF CR YOPRESER VED BOVINE EMBRYOS Baguist A, Roche JF and Boland MP EFFECT ON DEVELOPMENT OF CHILLING IN VITRO-PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS AT VARIOUS CLEAVAGE STAGES Balasubramanian S, Rho GJ and Leibo SP FREEZABILITY AND TOTAL CELL COUNT OF OPU-IVF EMBRYOS DERIVED FROM rBST-TREATED DONOR HEIFERS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS Bols PEJ, Van de Velde A, Van Soom A and de KruifA DIRECT REHYDRATIONO F MORULA AND EARLY BLASTOCYST MOUSE EMBRYOS RAPIDLY FROZEN IN ETHYLENE GLYCOI Cseh S, Corselli J, Nehlsen-Cannarella SL, Bailey LL and Szalay AA VITRIFICOAFT DIAYO N6 IN VITRO PRODBOVUINE CEMEBRYDOS AS DONORS FOR CLONING BY NUCLEAR TRANSFER Delval A, Ectors FJ, Beckers J-F and de Loos I BIRTH OF NORMAL PIGLETS AFTER CYTOSKELETAL STABILIZATION OF EMBRYOS AND CRYOPRESERVATION BY VITRIFICATION Dobrinsky JR, Pursel VG, Long CR and Johnson LA EFFECT OF EXPOSURE TO CRYOPROTECTANT SOLUTIONSON CLEAVANDA SGUBSEEQ UENT DEVELOPOFM IEMMNATTUR I BOVINE OOCYTESI N VITRO Dochi O, Oshima K, Takenouchi N and Komatsu M BOVINE DONOR BLOOD CHOLESTEROL, EMBRYO COLOUR AND EMBRYO FREEZABILITY Hill BR and Kuehner LF CRYOPRESERVATION OF DAY 6 AND 7 BOVINE BLASTOCYSTS DERIVED FROM IN VITRO FERTILIZED AND DNA-INJECTED ZYGOTES Ito K, Otake S, Hirabayashi M, Hochi S and Ueda M CRYOPRESERVATION AND DIRECT TRANSFER OF IN VITRO PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN VITRIFICATION AND SLOW-FREEZING Lane MW, Ahem TJ, Lewis IM, Gardner DK and Peura TT ASSEOFS THES EFMFECTE OFN DITMET HYL SULFOXIDEON THE SURVIVAL OF CR YOPRESEVRE D MOUSE MORULAE BY SINGLE STEP EXPOSURE AND RAPID FREEZING Miyamoto H, Sugimoto M, Okuda T, Takahagi Y and Manabe N CRYOPRESERVATION OF EXPANDED MOUSE BLASTOCYSTS BY RAPID-FREEZING PROCEDURE Nowshari MA EFFECT OF CRYOPRESOEN RIVVP CAATTTLEI OEMBNRY O DEVELOPMENT IN VITAND RINO VI VO O’Keamey-Flynn M, Wade M, Duffy P, Gath V, Boland MP and Dobrinsky JR (continued) Theriogenology CONTENTS INDEX DIRECT POST-THAW DILUTION OF MOUSE EMBRYOS FROZEN IN A SOLUTION CONTAINING GLYCEROL Pitner T and Herr C CHILLING SENSITIVITY OF NON-ACTIVATED CARP (Cyprinus carpio) EGGS Urbanyi B, Baranyai B and Dinnyés A OPEN PULLED STRAW (OPS) VITRIFICATION OF CATTLE OOCYTES Vajta G, Kuwayama M, Booth PJ, Holm P and Greve 1 EFFECT OF CHILLING BOVINE GERMINAL VESICLE-STAGI OOCYTES ON FORMATION OF MICROTUBULES AND THE MEIOTIC SPINDLE Wu B, Tong J and Leibo SP Developmental Biology FFECT OF CYTOPLAST CELL CYCLE STAGE ON THE REPROGRAMMING OF SOMATIC HISTONE HI INRECONSTRUCTED BOVINE EMBRYOS Bordignon V, Clarke HJ and Smith LC LIPID AND FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF ZONA-INTACT SHEEP OOCYTES Coull GD, Speake BK, Staines ME, Broadbent PJ and McEvoy TG DEVELOPMENT OF CELL ADHESION AND JUNCTIONAL COMPLEX PROTEINS IN IN VITRO PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS Hay-Schmidt A, ViuffD, VajtaG, Callesen H and Hyttel P OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CAVEOLIN IN MOUSI AND BOVINE OOCYTES Hill JL, Fissore RA, Duby RT and Gross DJ TELOMERES AND TELOMERASE ACTIVITY IN BOVINE OOCYTES, EMBRYOS, AND FETUSES King WA, Betts DH, Carter RF and Hofstra AH CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPETENCE RESULTS IN POOR DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE OOCYTES DERIVED FROM SMALL FOLLICLES Kubota C and Yang X HAMSTER 2-CELL EMBRYOS UTILISE THE Na"/H” ANTIPORTER TO REGULATE INTRACELLULAR pH Lane M and Bavister BD NUCLEOLAR PROTEIN LOCALIZATION IN IN VITRO PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS LaurincikJ , Avery B, Thomsen PD, VijtaG, Viuff D, Hay-Schmidt A, Callesen H, Ochs RL and Hyttel P Qa-2 ANTIGEN, THE PRODUCT OF THE Ped GENE, INFLUENCES CELL DIFFERENTIATION IN MURINE BLASTOCYSTS McElhinny AS, Kadow N and Warmer CM ASSESSMENT OF CYTOPLASMIC COMPETENCE OF PREPUBERTAL CALF OOCYTES BY USE OF NUCLEAR TRANSFER Mermillod P, Le Bourhis D, Lonergan P, Khatir H and Heyman Y (continued) Theriogenology CONTENTS INDEX CHARACTERIZATION OF DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED mRNAs IN BOVINE PREATTACHMENT EMBRYOS CULTURED IN DEFINED AND SERUM- SUPPLEMENTED/CO-CULTURE SYSTEMS Natale DR, Westhusin ME and Watson AJ DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF E-CADHERIN AND Na’ /K”* ATPase PROTEINS IN PARTHENOGENETIC PIG EMBRYOS Overstr6m EW, Baguisi A, Mayers M and Prather RS LOCALIZATION OF RIBOSOMAL RNA (rRNA), rRNA GENES AND SILVER STAINING NUCLEOLAR PROTEINS IN IN VITRO PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS Viuff D, Avery B, VajtaG, Greve T, Hoayheim B Thomsen PD and Hyttel P TRANSCRIPTIONAL LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENTALLY IMPORTANT GENES IN BOVINE PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYOS GENERATED IN VITRO Wrenzycki C, Herrmann D. Lemme E, Korsawe K Camwath JW and Niemann H 4 NOVEL METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING mRNA LEVELS IN SINGLE EMBRYOS Young LE, Butterwith SC and Wilmut I Embryo Culture DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF IMMATURE AND IN-VITRO MATURED BOVINE OOCYTES AFTER EXPOSURE TO VARIOUS OSMOLALITIES Agca Y, Rutledge JJ and Critser JK CULTURING BOVINE EMBRYOS IN GROUPS STIMULATES BLASTOCYST DEVELOPMENT AND CELL ALLOCATION TO THE INNER CELL MASS Ahem TJ and Gardner DK DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE OOCYTES MATURED IN A DEFINED MEDIUM SUPPLEMENTED WITH A LOW CONCENTRATION OF r-hFSH Alberio R and Palma GA EFFECTS OF OXYGEN TENSION AND B-MERCAPTOETHANOL ON DEVELOPMENT OF IN VITRO PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS Caamatio JN, Pugh ML, Rowson AD and Youngs CR EFFECT OF MEDIUM AND ATMOSPHERE ON DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED IN VITRO Crosier AE and Farin CE EFFECTS OF HYALURONIC ACID DURING CULTURE OF IN VITRO DERIVED BOVINE AND PORCINE EMBRYOS Edwards JL, Long CR, Wells KD, Powell AM and Rexroad Jr. CI COMPARISON OF DEFINED EMBRYO CULTURE SYSTEMS IN CATTLE Fancsovits P, Baranyai B, Bodo Sz, Dinnyés A and Dohy J (continued) Theriogenology CONTENTS INDEX GLYCINE AND PRORLEDUICE NTHEE TI ME OF THE FIRST THREE CLEAVAGE DIVISIONS IN CULTURED MOUSE EMBRYOS Gardner DK and Georgiou E EFFECT OF HYPOTAUON RDEIVENLOPEMEN T OF IN VITRO-DERIVED BOVINE EMBRYOS Guyader-Joly C, Ponchon S, Ménézo Y and Renard JP USE OF HEMOGLOBIN (Hb) TO IMPROVE DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE VF EMBRYOSI N A CUMULUS-GRANULOSA CELL CO-CULTURE SYSTEM Hansel W, Lim JM, Mei Y, Chen B and Godke RA EFFECT OF DIFFERENT CELL LINES ON IN VITRO CULTOF UKROREEA N NATIVE CATTLE EMBRYOS Joo SC, Roh S, Yang BS, Lee BC and Hwang WS ZONA PELLUCIDA SUPPORTS COMPACTION OF MOUSE EMBRYOS; EFFECT OF ZONA PELLUCIDA REMOVAL ON IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF PRE- COMPACTION AND POST-COMPACTISOTANG E MOUSE EMBRYOS Jun JH, Lee HJ, Song SJ, Song HS and Kim MK DEVELOPMENT OF IN VITRO MATURED AND FERTILIZED BOVINE EMBRYOS COCULTURED WITH OVIDUCTAL EPITHELIAI CELLS DERIVED FROM COWS WITH CYSTIC FOLLICLES Kamishita H, Takagi M, Choi YH, Miyazawa K and Sato K INFLUENCES OF EDTA AND SODIUM CITRATE ON INITIAL BOVINE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN DEFINED CONDITIONS Keskintepe L, Brackett BG, Menezo Y, Kaufmann RA Servy EJ and Bagis H INFLUENCE OF SEMI-DEANFD IDENFIENEDD CULTURE MEDIA ON THE DEVELOPMENT, CELL NUMBER AND METABOLISMO } BOVINE EMBRYOS Krisher RL, Lane M and Bavister BD PRE-HATCHING DEVELOPMENT OF IVF BOVINE EMBRYOS CULTURED IN A DEFINED MEDIUM IN DIFFERENT GAS ATMOSHERES Lim JM, Reggio BC, Godke RA and Hansel W PANTOTHENATE STIMULATES BLASTOCYST FORMATIONI N CULTURED ONE- CELL HAMSTER EMBRYOS McKieman SH and Bavister BD EFFECTS OF EMBRYO DENSITY, OXYGEN CONCENTRATIOANND MEDIUM COMPOSITION ON IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OI BOVEAIRLY NEMEBRY OS Nagao Y, Saeki K and Nagai M IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF BOVINE EMBRYOS IN WATER BATH Olivier NS, Palma GA and Alberio R THE EFFEOF CVOTLUM E OF CULTURE MEDIUM AND EMBRYO DENSITY ON IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE EMBRYOS Palasz AT and Thundathil J (continued) Theriogenology CONTENTS INDEX IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT AND VIABILITY OF BOVINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED WITHOUT GASSED INCUBATOR Palma GA, Olivier N, Alberio RH and Brem G WASHED PARAFFIN OIL BECOMES TOXIC TO MOUSE EMBRYOS UPON EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT Provo MB and Herr C CONTINUOUS CONTROL OF PORCINE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO Rath D, Freitag K, Niemann H and Sieg B IMPROVED BOVINE BLASTOCYST YIELD USING FRESHLY ACQUIRED GRANULOSA LAYERS Ryan GJ, Waddington D and Campbell KHS EFFECT OF SHORT-TERM STORAGE OF BOVINE OOCYTES IN DIFFERENT MEDIA AND TEMPERATURES ON THE SUBSEQUENT IN VITRO EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT Schwartz J, Schneider MR, Rodrigues JL and Reichenbach H-D CONCEPTUS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING IN VITRO CULTURE OF OVINE EMBRYOS IN MEDIA SUPPLEMENTED WITH BOVINE SERA Sinclair KD, McEvoy TG, Carolan C, Maxfield EK, Maltin CA, Young LE, Wilmut I, Robinson JJ and Broadbent PJ PLANT EXTRACTS (GUAR GUM) SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE EMBRYOS IN VITRO Stojkovic M, Boxhammer K, Zakhartchenko V and Wolf I ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF CULTURED PREIMPLANTATION PIG BLASTOCYST TISSUES Talbot NC EFFECT OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE ON IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE EMBRYOS Van Langendonckt A, Morales H, Massip A and Dessy F EFFECTS OF RESAZURIN ON FERTILIZATION OF BOVINE OOCYTES AND PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO Wang S, Holyoak GR, Liu G, Evans RC and Bunch TD — DEVELOPMENTAL KINETICS OF CLONED, PARTHENOGENETIC AND IN VITRO FERTILIZED BOVINE EMBRYOS - PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS Holm P, Booth PJ and Callesen H EFFECTS OF EMBRYO DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE, QUALITY AND SHORT-TERM CULTURE ON THE EFFICIENCY OF BOVINE EMBRYO SPLITTING Reichenbach H-D, Schwartz J and Wolf E PRODUCTION OF IDENTICAL EMBRYOS BY BISECTING BOVINE MORULAE AND BLASTOCYSTS PRODUCED IN VITRO Rho GJ, Johnson WH and Betteridge KJ (continued) Theriogenology CONTENTS INDEX REMOVAL OF INNER CELL MASS OF BOVINE IVP-BLASTOCYSTS BY LASER IRRADIATION Schmoll F, Montag M, Lammer T, Wimmers K, DelacrétazG , Rink K, van der Ven H and Schellander K EFFECT OF IN-VITRO CULTURE OF BOVINE EMBRYOS BIOPSIED WITH 4 MICROBLADE ON IN-VITRO SURVIVAL AFTER VITRIFICATION Shin-noh M, Imai K, Kobayashi S, Goto Y, Miyazawa A, Tsujino T and Kojima T7 Embryo Physiology EVALUATION OF ALAMARBLUE™ AS A POTENIAL EMBRYO VIABILITY ASSAY Carnegie JA, Morgan JJ and McDiarmid NI VARIATION IN THE EXPRESSION OF FETAL OVERSIZE IN DAY 125 OVINE FETUSES FOLLOWING TRANSFER OF IN VITRO CULTURED EMBRYOS Carolan C, McEvoy TG, Staines ME, Sinclair KD Robinson JJ and Broadbent PJ EMBRYO METABOLISM DURING BLASTOCYST RE-EXPANSION IN THE BOVINI Donnay |, Hawkhead JA, Humpherson PG and Leese HJ PVA AND BSA HAVE DIFFERENT EFFECTS ON DEVELOPMENT AND METABOLISM OF BOVINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED IN VITRO Ecker J,P ugh PA, Thompson JG, Niemann H and Tervit HR BOVINE EMBRYOS CAN USE KETONE BODIES AS ENERGY SUBSTRATES AT DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES IN VITRO Gomez E and Diez C 15-> H]-GLUCOSE AND [1-'4C]-PYRUVATE UTILIZATION BY FRESH AND FROZEN-THAWED DAY 7 IVP BOVINE BLASTOCYSTS CULTURED IN PVA- OR BSA-SUPPLEMENTED MEDIUM Lee ES, Pugh PA, Allen NW, Fukui Y and Thompson JG EFFECT OF HEAT SHOCK ON THE SURFACE ULTRASTRUCTURAI CHARACTERISTICS OF BOVINE OOCYTES Suzuki H, Ju J-C, ParksJ E and Yang X PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AND UPTAKE BY BOVINE DAY 7 EMBRYOS PRODUCED UNDER DIFFERENT INCUBATION SYSTEMS Thompson JG, Allen NW and Tervit HR Embryonic Stem Cells BOVINE CHIMERIC OFFSPRING PRODUCED BY TRANSGENIC EMBRYONIC 236 STEM CELLS GENERATED FROM SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS Cibelli JB, Stice SL, Kane JJ, Golueke PG, Jerry J, Dickinson ES, Blackwell C, Gao XY, Ponce de Leon A and Robl JM (continued) Theriogenology CONTENTS INDEX SHORT-TERM CULTURE OF PORCINE PRIMORDIAL GERM CELLS Durcova-Hills G, Prelle K, MiillerS, Woof E and Brem G TRANSGENIC CHIMERIC PIGS DERIVED FROM CULTURED EMBRYONIC CELL LINES Golueke PG, Cibelli JB, Balise J, Morris J, Kane JJ, Ponce de Leon FA, Jerry J, Robl MJ and Stice SI A VECTOR-BASED SELECTION SYSTEM FOR TOTIPOTENT PORCINE CELL LINES Kues WA, Camwath JW, Niemann H, Schéler H and Paul D A SUITABLE PASSAGING TECHNIQUE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BOVINE EMBRYONIC STEM (ES)-LIKE CELL LINES Pampai R, Minami N, Yamada M and Utsumi K Embryo Transfer EVALUATING EMBRYO FREEZING METHOD AND THE SITE OF EMBRYO DEPOSITION ON PREGNANCY RATE IN BOVINE EMBRYO TRANSFER Beal WE, Hinshaw RH and Whitman SS ESTABLISHMENT OF A HERD OF CATTLE WITH DIVERGENT POTENTIAL PREGNANCY RATE Cox SF, McMillan WH and Donnison MJ ULTRASONIC MORPHOLOGY OF THE CORPORA LUTEA AND CENTRAL LUTEAL CAVITIES DURING SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS FOR EMBRYO TRANSFER Garcia A and Salaheddine M VIABILITY AFTER TRANSFER TO RECIPIENTS OF PORCINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED IN VITRO Kashiwazaki N, Kikuchi K, Hirabayashi M, Shimada A, Noguchi J, Takahashi R, Shino M, Kaneko H and Ueda M LAPAROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES FOR THE RECOVERY AND TRANSFER OF MICROINJECTED GOAT ZYGOTES Kiihholzer B, Miiller S, Prokofiev MI, Ernst LK, Besenfelder U and Brem G SINGLE AND TWIN CONCEPTUS DEVELOPMENT TO DAY 34 OF PREGNANCY AFTER THE TRANSFER OF IN VITRO-PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS McMillan WH, Cox SF, Donnison MJ, Hagemann LJ and Peterson AJ CO-TRANSFER OF TROPHOBLASTIC VESICLES WITH CLONED SHEEP EMBRYOS IS UNABLE TO IMPROVE SURVIVAL TO TERM Misica PM, Peterson AJ, Day AM and Wells DN THE INCIDENCE OF EMBRYO AND FETAL LOSS FOLLOWING THE TRANSFER OF IN VITRO-CULTURED SHEEP EMBRYOS Ranilla MJ, Gebbie FE, King ME, Carolan C, Sinclair KD, Watt RG, Dolman DF, Beckers JF and Robinson JJ (continued) Theriogenology CONTENTS INDEX SHORT-TERM STORAGE OF IN VITRO PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS Schneider MR, Schwartz J, Reichenback H-D and Rodrigues JI Epidemiology PENETRATION OF IN VITRO FERTILIZED BOVINE EMBRYOS BY LEPTOSPIRA AFTER IN VITRO EXPOSURI Bielanski A and Surujballi O INCIDENCE OF ENDOMETRITIS AND EFFECTS ON REPRODUCTIVI PERFORMANCE OF DAIRY CCWS Gilbert RO, Shin ST, Guard CL and Erb HN BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS WAS NOT DETECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH VIRALLY EXPOSED IVF BOVINE EMBRYOS Givens MD, Galik PK, Riddell KP and Stringfellow DA PREVENTION OF BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS TRANSMISSION DURING IN VITRO FERTILIZATION INCLUDING OOCYTES WITH FOLLICULAR EPITHELIAL CELLS FROM PERSISTENTLY INFECTED HEIFER Tsuboi T, Imada T, Katsuda K and Eguchi M REPLICATION OF NONCYTOPATHIC BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS IN ZONA PELLUCIDE-FREE BOVINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED IN VITRO Vanroose G, Nauwynck H,. Van Soom A, Vanopdenbosch E and de Kruif A Equine SPERM ZONA PELLUCIDA BINDING ASSAY ACCORDING TO STAGE OF EQUINE OOCYTE MATURATION Bézard J, Duchamp G, Okolski A, Palmer E and Mlodawska W EVALUATION OF THE SABER™ DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR THI CONTROLLED RELEASE OF DESLORELIN ACETATE FOR ADVANCING OVULATION IN THE MARE: EFFECTS OF FORMULATION & DOSE Burns PJ, Fleury JJ, Gibson J, Sullivan S and Tipton A ULTRASOUND FOLLICULAR CHARACTERISTICS FOR PREDICTING OVULATION ON THE FOLLOWING DAY IN MARES Gastal EL, Gastal MO and GintherO J TRANSVAGINAL INTRAUTERINE INJECTIONS IN MARES: EFFECT OF PROSTAGLANDIN E, Gastal MO, Gastal EL, Torres CAA and Ginther OJ EFFECTS OF PROGESTERONE AND FOLLICULAR FLUID DURING OOCYTE MATURATION ON EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION (ICSI) IN HORSES Schmid R, Kato H and Squires El IN VITRO EXPOSURE OF EQUINE OOCYTES TO EQUINE ARTERITIS VIRUS 260 Sherod JA, Wang S, Barnard D, Robinson CW, Hammon DS and Holyoak GR (continued)