OBJECTIVE To compare the ovarian reserve and BMI in fertile and subfertile women aged 20-39 years by ultrasonography. STUDY DESIGN A comparative study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Ultrasound Clinic, PECHS, Karachi, from March to December 2006. METHODOLOGY Eighty women, 40 fertile and 40 subfertile, were subdivided into age groups of 20-29 and 30-39 years. Total ovarian volume (OV) was...

BACKGROUND The primary objective of this study was to investigate whether subfertility explains poor perinatal outcome after assisted conception. A secondary objective was to test the hypothesis that ovarian hyperstimulation rather than the IVF procedure may influence the perinatal outcome. METHODS Using data from a Dutch population-based historical cohort of women treated for subfertility, w...

OBJECTIVE Subfertility is frequently encountered among female rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and has been associated with disease activity and antirheumatic drugs. However, little is known about the results of the fertility assessments in these women. Our aim was to study the outcome of fertility assessments in subfertile women with RA. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed in a n...

The Ukrainian Riding Horse breed is the leading of horses in Ukraine direction sport working capacity. A long period breeding improvement requires establishment parameters that will continue process, taking into account modern needs classical equestrian sports. Studies were conducted on entire livestock breed, which kept by subjects and private owners. Quantitative indicators are established, a...

The aim of this study was to determine serum selenium concentrations in Polish Konik horses residing in the Odra Delta Nature Park (Poland) and to evaluate the activity of glutathione peroxidase and Se content in testes of this horse breed. In over 95% of cases, serum Se concentration was below the optimal range, and none of the horses examined was deficient in this trace element. The lack of S...

Some stallions produce ejaculates of low quality and/or low fertility when used for artificial insemination (AI). The purpose of these five case studies was to use Single Layer Centrifugation (SLC) to select the best spermatozoa from 'problem' ejaculates for subsequent use in AI. Sperm quality, in terms of motility, morphology and chromatin integrity, was improved in the SLC-selected samples co...