The objective of this course is to give the students more confidence in their abilities for improving the reproductive efficiency of the livestock. Dealing with the modern concepts and the recent techniques in livestock reproduction, it consists of the following subjects: evaluation and improving of the reproductive functions of the breeding livestock; reproductive management; selection on the reproductive characteristics; methods of sex selection; applications of artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization; micromanipulation and preservation of the gametes and embryos; the technique of embryo transfer; and so on. The topics being put in the priority are those techniques that are capable of being used for restoring the prevalent reproductive failure of the livestock under the environmental stress. For catching up the new developing concepts.
- Teacher: 林旻蓉 Lin Min-Jung