Reproductive Management of Ruminants
A special issue of Ruminants (ISSN 2673-933X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 3548
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal reproduction; oestrus synchronization; artificial insemination; seasonality; anoestrus; pregnancy; livestock production systems; cattle; buffalo
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Interests: endocrinology; pregnancy; placenta; PAG; Immuno-assays; cattle; buffalos; bisons
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Reproduction in farm animals is very important for the economic livelihood of farmers. Ruminants play an important role in the agricultural sector, producing a high quantity and quality of protein (milk and meat) in human diets as well as providing hides, wool, and manure, contributing to rural livelihoods in many counties. Reproduction is the one of the crucial components that hampers productivity and can be influenced by several factors, i.e., genetic, environmental, nutritional, metabolic, hormonal, immunological, that could lead to reproductive failures. In recent decades, techniques have been developed to improve the management and control of reproduction in ruminants, but research is still needed to increase our understanding of the physiological events that occur in reproduction, which could help in improving farm reproductive management.
The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together original research papers and reviews on basic and applied aspects of ruminant reproduction, both in males and females, possibly using new and multidisciplinary approaches.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Animals.
Dr. Vittoria Lucia Barile
Dr. Olimpia Barbato
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ruminants
- animal breeding
- biology of reproduction
- endocrinology
- biotechnologies
- assisted reproductive technologies
- molecular biology
- gene expression
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