Session 29. Reproduction technologies in horses

Date: 26 August ‘09; 08:30 - 12:30 hours
Chairperson: Palmer (FR)

 

Theatre Session 29

• A brief history of equine breeding technologies
  Allen, W.R.

• The past, present, and future of the breeding stallion: the forces of darkness and the gathering of light
  Varner, D.

• A new freezing extender for stallion semen to get high fertility rates
  Pillet, E., Duchamp, G., Batellier, F., Yvon, J.M., Delhomme, G., Desherces, S., Schmitt, E. and Magistrini, M.

• Functional characterization of equine sperm: a molecular evaluation of stallion fertility
  Gamboa, S. and Ramalho-Santos, J.

• The multiple challenge of horse cloning: production, health, social acceptation, law, genetic application
  Palmer, E., Chavatte-Palmer, P. and Reis, A.P.

• Optimal reproductive policies for Italian Heavy Draught Horse
  Mantovani, R., Contiero, B. and Pigozzi, G.

• Transgene-induced reprogramming of equine somatic cells
  Diaz, C., Parham, G. and Donadeu, F.X.

 

Poster Session 29

• Assessment of the post-thaw measurable parameters of equine spermatozoa taken for a comparison between amides and glycerol as cryoprotectants
  Mills, A.A., Whitaker, T.C. and Matson, T.

• Seasonal semen freezeability from Lusitano stallions using flow-citometry
  Agrícola, R., Chaveiro, A., Robalo Silva, J., Lopes Da Costa, L.F., Horta, A.E.M. and Moreira Da Silva, F.

• Proteomic analysis of mare follicular fluid
  Nadaf, S., Roche, S., Tiers, L., Lehmann, S. and Gerard, N.

• Is subfertility or infertility related to chromosome abnormalities in the Sorraia horse? Preliminary results
  Kjöllerström, H.J., Collares-Pereira, M.J. and Oom, M.M.

• Broodmare demographics: A study of a United Kingdom sport horses stud during a stud season
  Whitaker, T.C., Tyler, C.M. and Mills, A.A.

• Viability of epididymal fresh and freezing sperm stored at 0, 24, 48, 72 and 96h after stallion death
  Matás, C., Avilés-López, K., Vieira, L., Garriga, A., García Vázquez, F.A. and Gadea, J.