Advanced reproductive techniques in goats

Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract. 2001 Jul;17(2):421-34, viii. doi: 10.1016/s0749-0720(15)30036-0.

Abstract

The use of ultrasonography for pregnancy diagnosis and reproductive tract evaluation in the goat has become more common in the past decade. Pregnancy-specific hormone assays are commercially available for pregnancy determination in goats. Hormonal methods of synchronization of estrus for artificial insemination have been refined, but a number of factors still make pregnancy results variable. Caprine embryo transfer is widely used commercially. More advanced reproductive techniques such as in-vitro production of embryos and cloning have been accomplished in goats; success rates with these techniques will likely rapidly improve.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animal Husbandry
  • Animals
  • Breeding*
  • Cloning, Organism / veterinary
  • Embryo Transfer / veterinary
  • Estrus Synchronization
  • Female
  • Fertilization in Vitro / veterinary
  • Genitalia / diagnostic imaging
  • Goats / physiology*
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Tests / veterinary
  • Reproductive Techniques / veterinary*
  • Ultrasonography