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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
32
Citations
3983
World Ranking
2123
National Ranking
175

Best Publications

  • Maternal and embryonic factors associated with prenatal loss in mammals.

    I. Wilmut;D. I. Sales;C. J. Ashworth

  • Changes in ovine conceptus and endometrial function following asynchronous embryo transfer or administration of progesterone.

    Cheryl J. Ashworth;Fuller W. Bazer

  • Nutrition and fertility in ruminant livestock

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  • Nutritional effects on oocyte and embryo development in mammals: implications for reproductive efficiency and environmental sustainability

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  • Evidence of an association between the survival of embryos and the periovulatory plasma progesterone concentration in the ewe.

    Cheryl Ashworth;D I Sales;Ian Wilmut

  • Micronutrients in fetal growth and development

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  • The influence of variation in embryo stage and maternal hormone profiles on embryo survival in farm animals

    I. Wilmut;D.I. Sales;C.J. Ashworth

  • Epigenetics and developmental programming of welfare and production traits in farm animals

    Kevin D. Sinclair;K.M.D. Rutherford;J.M. Wallace;J.M. Brameld

  • The role of dietary fibre in pig production, with a particular emphasis on reproduction.

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  • Genetic parameters for piglet survival, litter size and birth weight or its variation within litter in sire and dam lines using Bayesian analysis

    Dagmar N.R.G. Kapell;Cheryl J. Ashworth;Cheryl J. Ashworth;Pieter W. Knap;Rainer Roehe

  • Beneficial effects of a high fibre diet on oocyte maturity and embryo survival in gilts

    E M Ferguson;J Slevin;M G Hunter;S A Edwards

  • Feed and forage toxicants affecting embryo survival and fetal development

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  • In vitro synthesis of oviductal secretory proteins by estrogen-treated ovariectomized gilts.

    W. C. Buhi;C. J. Ashworth;F. W. Bazer;I. M. Alvarez

  • Effect of pre-mating nutritional status and post-mating progesterone supplementation on embryo survival and conceptus growth in gilts

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  • Cortisol stimulates system A amino acid transport and SNAT2 expression in a human placental cell line (BeWo)

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  • Embryo survival and conceptus growth after reciprocal embryo transfer between Chinese Meishan and Landrace x Large White gilts.

    Cheryl Ashworth;Chris Haley;R P Aitken;Ian Wilmut

  • Effect of alterations in the quantity and composition of the pre-mating diet on embryo survival and foetal growth in the pig.

    E.M. Ferguson;J. Slevin;S.A. Edwards;M.G. Hunter

  • Effects of maternal vitamin A status on fetal heart and lung: changes in expression of key developmental genes

    Christos Antipatis;Cheryl Ashworth;George Grant;Richard G Lea

  • Status of dairy cow management and fertility in smallholder farms in Malawi

    Liveness Jessica Banda;Liveness Jessica Banda;Leonard A Kamwanja;Mizeck Gift G Chagunda;Cheryl J Ashworth

  • Glucocorticoid exposure and tissue gene expression of 11beta HSD-1, 11beta HSD-2, and glucocorticoid receptor in a porcine model of differential fetal growth.

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