A Technical Discussion of Animal Science Research and Topics by an Oregon State student
Posted in Article Reviews on Dec 28th, 2011
Ah, United States’ medicine vs. European medicine, the war rages on. The battleground I’ll discuss today: elective sterilization of the female reproductive tract. This discussion came up in JAVMA recently, and I felt it warranted a look from a future vet. Granted I don’t have all the information and education here, but given that I’ve [...]
Posted in Article Reviews on Nov 6th, 2011
Just a short one here today. Not too much interesting going on in a study that supports the null, but the methods are great. This study looked at the affect that one or two rectal palpations to determine pregnancy had on embryo viability. I can see why there would be a question, it seems like [...]
Posted in Article Reviews on Oct 23rd, 2011
I recently had a professor tell me that if I didn’t let them know if I made it into vet school, they would forever curse me with fat, in heat, Labrador spays for the rest of my career. I can think of few fates worse for a future veterinarian (though I did mention that the [...]
Posted in Article Reviews on Sep 11th, 2011
The more I read, the more I’m extremely grateful for the rigor that my reproduction class required. None of this would have made sense to me last year, and it’s amazing how many of the details I’ve been able to keep in my conscious memory. I’m sad that I’m missing the advanced repro course offered [...]
Posted in New Research on Jul 31st, 2011
Sexed semen has the potential to completely change the industry. If pregnancy rates with altered semen continue to improve, we could see not only major efficiency upgrades in cattle production, but the reduction of many practices animal rights groups would like to see end. A great example is the veal industry, which is perpetuated not [...]
