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Newsletter 5 - June 2008

• The main problems behind poor fertility and decreasing production in dairy herds
• Optimizing the factors affecting reproductive performance in dairy cattle
• Control of infectious diseases
• Management - Nutrition, heat detection, AI, housing
• Future solutions for pharmacological oestrus management

Newsletter 4 - March 2008

• Is high ambient temperature really affecting reproductive efficacy in cattle?
• How to measure the intensity of heat stress in field conditions
• Mechanisms through which heat stress impairs reproduction in dairy cows
• Management of reproductionn dairy herds exposed to high ambient temperatures

Newsletter 3 - October 2007

Newsletter 3 is available in English or French (click on relevant language to open newsletter of your choice) (pdf 1MB)

This edition focuses on aspects of :

• Resumption of cycling post calving in beef cows
• Oestrus synchronization in beef cows
• Progestagen based systems in the EU
• Crestar SO synchronization system
• Reproductive efficacy in synchronized beef herds

Newsletter 2 - July 2007 (pdf 673Kb)

In this newsletter:

• Pathogenesis of uterine infections in cattle
• Influence of uterine disorders on the future fertility of cows
• Diagnosis of endometritis
• Therapeutic approach to endometritis in cattle
• Practical recommendations for the treatment of uterine infections in cattle

Newsletter 1- February 2007 (pdf 599Kb)

The opening issue of Intervet Reproduction Newsletter features the article “Pattern and manipulation of follicular development in cattle” by Professor Gabriel Bó from Instituto de Reproducción Animal Córdoba in Argentina. The article presents the current knowledge about follicular dynamics and the way it affects our possibilities for manipulation of follicular growth and development for oestrus management in cattle.