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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data
Names: Hopper, Richard M., 1954– editor.
Title: Bovine reproduction / [edited by] Richard M. Hopper.
Description: 2nd edition. | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley‐Blackwell, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020054589 (print) | LCCN 2020054590 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119602361 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119602453 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119602460 (epub)
Subjects: MESH: Cattle–physiology | Reproduction | Reproductive Medicine–methods | Reproductive Techniques–veterinary | Pregnancy Complications–veterinary
Classification: LCC SF768.2.C3 (print) | LCC SF768.2.C3 (ebook) | NLM SF 768.2.C3 | DDC 636.2/1–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020054589 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020054590
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Cover Image: © Richard M. Hopper; © Colin Palmer
To Donna – a wonderful and patient wife who, while not completely sharing my love for cows, nevertheless became skilled at watching expectant heifers from the kitchen window with binoculars and herding escaped yearling bulls from the front yard.
List of Contributors
Gregg P. Adams, DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate ACT Professor Veterinary Biomedical Sciences Western College of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada
James Alexander, DVM, Member ACT (Hon) Alexander Veterinary Services Bentonia, Mississippi USA
Divakar J. Ambrose, MVSc, PhD, PAg, PAS, Diplomate ACT Dairy Research Scientist Livestock Research Branch Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Department of Agricultural Food, and Nutritional Science University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Mark L. Anderson, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP Professor Emeritus California Animal Health & Food Safety Laboratory and Department of Pathology/Microbiology & Immunology School of Veterinary Medicine University of California, Davis Davis, California USA
Frank W. Austin, DVM, PhD Professor (Retired) Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine Mississippi State University Starkville Mississippi USA
Eric Bailey, MS, PhD, PAS Associate Professor Division of Animal Sciences College of Agriculture Food, & Natural Resources University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri USA
Jennifer P. Barfield, PhD Department of Biomedical Sciences Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado USA
Albert Barth, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACT Professor (Retired) Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences Western College of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada
Brittany Baughman, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVP Associate Professor Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine Mississippi State University Starkville Mississippi USA
Wes Baumgartner, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois USA
Jonathan E. Beever, PhD Professor and Director UT Institute of Agriculture Genome Center for the Advancement of Agriculture Knoxville, Tennessee USA
Myra T. Blanchard, MS Specialist Department of Pathology/Microbiology & Immunology School of Veterinary Medicine University of California, Davis Davis, California USA
Patrick Blondin, PhD L’Alliance Boviteq Inc. St‐Hyacinthe, Quebec Canada
Yatta Linhares Boakari, DVM, PhD Clinical Resident and Post Doctorate Fellow Department of Clinical Sciences Auburn University Auburn, Alabama USA
Nadine Bouchard, BSc L’Alliance Boviteq Inc. St‐Hyacinthe, Quebec Canada
Leonardo F.C. Brito, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACT Director Global Quality Assurance STgenetics Middleton, Wisconsin USA
Derris D. Burnett, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences Mississippi State University Starkville Mississippi USA
Madison Butler, MS Graduate Teaching Assistant Department of Animal Sciences and Industry Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas USA
Leticia E. Camacho, PhD School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona USA
Rodolfo C. Cardoso, DVM, MS, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Animal Science Texas A&M University College Station, Texas USA
Butch Cargile, DVM, MS Progressive Dairy Solutions Twin Falls, Idaho USA
Manuel F. Chamorro, DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM Associate Professor Department of Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Auburn University Auburn, Alabama USA
David Christiansen, DVM, MS Assistant Clinical Professor Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine Mississippi State University Starkville, Mississippi