- Docente: Giovanna Galeati
- Credits: 2
- SSD: VET/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Long cycle 2nd degree programme in Veterinary Medicine (cod. 0487)
Learning outcomes
This course is designed to give students knowledge of the physiologic mechanisms that govern the reproductive system in domestic animals. Emphasis will be on reproductive biotechnology.
Course contents
Reproductive hormones. Ovarian function: folliculogenesis, ovulation and corpus luteum. Female reproductive processes: puberty, estrous cycle, pregnancy and parturition. The mammary gland and lactation. Mammogenesis and galactopoiesis. Milk synthesis and secretion.
Male reproductive processes: spermatogenesis, hormonal control of spermatogenesis, puberty and photoperiod. Reproductive biotechnology: IVM-IVF, embryo culture and sperm sexing.
Readings/Bibliography
FISIOLOGIA DEGLI ANIMALI DOMESTICI CON ELEMENTI DI ETOLOGIA. Eds. Aguggini G., Beghelli V., Giulio L.F., UTET, Torino (1998)
FISIOLOGIA DEGLI ANIMALI DOMESTICI. Edizione italiana del Duke’s Physiology coordinata da Chiesa F. Ed. Idelson-Gnocchi (2002)
Hafez E.S.E. Biologia e tecnologia della riproduzione nelle specie animali di interesse zootecnico, Ed. italiana a cura di Seren E., Bono G., Tamanini C., Grasso, Bologna (1984)
REPRODUCTION IN FARM ANIMALS. Eds. Hafez B. & Hafez E.S.E. (7th edition).
McDonald’s VETERINARY ENDOCRINOLOGY AND REPRODUCTION. Ed.
E.J. Squires. APPLIED ANIMAL ENDOCRINOLOGY - CABI PUBLISHING
Teaching methods
Ex cathedra lectures, seminars, practical activities.
Assessment methods
In itinere evaluation, final oral examination.
Teaching tools
Videoprojector, trasparencies, labs, multimedia room.
Office hours
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