Assisted reproductive technologies in cattle: applications in livestock production, biomedical research and conservation biology



Título del documento: Assisted reproductive technologies in cattle: applications in livestock production, biomedical research and conservation biology
Revue: ARBS. Annual review of biomedical sciences
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000270170
ISSN: 1678-4618
Autores: 1
Instituciones: 1Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Escárcega, Campeche. México
Año:
Volumen: 10
Paginación: 36-62
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Revisión bibliográfica
Enfoque: Analítico
Resumen en inglés In cattle, assisted reproductive technologies (ART) can be defined as techniques that manipulate reproductive-related events and/or structures to achieve pregnancy with the final goal of producing healthy offspring in bovine females. The present review includes manipulation of female reproductive tract physiology, artificial insemination, multiple ovulation and embryo transfer, in vitro production of embryos, in vitro assisted fertilization, cloning, transgenesis, xenografting-germ cell transplantation, preimplantation genetic diagnosis and sperm sexing. This review shows that several ART are being currently applied commercially in the cattle industry with acceptable results. On the other hand, others have low efficiency in producing cattle offspring and are predominantly applied in experimental settings. Several of these ART can cause detrimental effects at the prenatal and postnatal period and therefore they need to be improved. However, even if these bovine-related biotechnologies are properly improved, they might be more useful in the conservation of endangered ungulates, production of pharmaceuticals, or as experimental models for human reproduction
Disciplinas: Medicina veterinaria y zootecnia,
Medicina
Palabras clave: Medicina veterinaria,
Medicina experimental,
Reproducción asistida,
Ganado bovino,
Biomedicina,
Inseminación artificial,
Transferencia de embriones,
Clonación,
Transgénesis
Keyword: Veterinary medicine and animal husbandry,
Medicine,
Veterinary medicine,
Experimental medicine,
Assisted reproduction,
Cattle,
Biomedicine,
Artificial insemination,
Embryo transfer,
Cloning,
Transgenesis
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