Recent advances in dromedary camel reproduction: An Egyptian field experience

Recent Advances in Yak Reproduction

Reproduction in dromedary camels: an update

This review summarizes recent developments in camel reproduction, and it describes characteristics of the ovarian follicular wave cycle and exogenous hormonal control of ovulation and luteolysis. In addition, an account is given of the developments in assisted reproductive technologies in camels such as methods for collection, transfer, and deep-freezing of embryos and semen. Details of recent ...

Unilateral seminoma in a dromedary camel.

A 10-year-old, clinically healthy, male dromedary camel had presented a history of progressive unilateral testicular enlargement over the past 5 years. The animal had mated with 32 females during that period; all had conceived. The sex ratio of his offspring was one male to 31 females. Ultrasound examination of the right testicle revealed a diffusely heterogeneous parenchyma with no identifiabl...

In : Lecture Notes for the Short Course in Reproduction in the Dromedary Camel

Introduction The gestation length for the Old World camelids is 13 months. In all mammalian species the embryo starts life as a spherical clump of cells enclosed within a mucopolysaccharide coat, the zona pellucida, which is transparent, tough and elastic. The transformation from this stage (called a morula) to a blastocyst usually occurs soon after the embryo has reached the uterine lumen from...

Recent Advances in Reproduction in Horses

Research in the area of equine breeding management has made major progress towards understanding the idiosyncrasies of equine reproduction since data was first reported at the Equine Nutrition and Physiology Society meeting in 1983. The purpose of this paper is to provide the horse industry with an overview of the types of technology equine scientists have developed as they relate to equine rep...