Ebook: Essentials of Domestic Animal Embryology E-Book

This reference on veterinary embryology covers general embryology, i.e. the development from the formation of the gametes over fertilization and initial embryogenesis up to the stage where organ formation is initiated, and special embryology, i.e. the development of the organ systems. Moreover, the book also includes a section on teratology, one on assisted reproductive technologies and one on veterinary and societal aspects. Written with the veterinary student in mind, this textbook is written in an accessible style with high quality colour illustrations and line drawings.

• Succinc.;Front cover; Half title page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Contributors; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: History of embryology; FURTHER READING; Chapter 2: Cellular and molecular mechanisms in embryoni c development; INITIAL EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT AND GESTATIONAL PERIODS; DIFFERENTIATION; PATTERNING; MORPHOGENESIS; EPIGENETIC MODIFICATIONS AND LIFE CYCLES; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; Chapter 3: Comparative reproduction; PUBERTY AND THE OESTROUS CYCLE; HORMONAL MAINTENANCE OF PREGNANCY; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; Chapter 4: Gametogenesis; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELLS.;FURTHER READING; Chapter 13: Development of the immune system; THE LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOID ORGANS AND TISSUES; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; Chapter 14: Development of the gastro-pulmonary system; THE ORAL AND NASAL CAVITY AND PALATE; THE FOREGUT; THE MIDGUT; HINDGUT; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; Chapter 15: Development of the urogenital system; DEVELOPMENT OF THE URINARY SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENT OF THE MALE AND FEMALE GENITAL ORGANS; SUMMARY; FURTHER READING; Chapter 16: Musculo-skeletal system; THE DEVELOPMENT OF BONES (OSTEOGENESIS); AXIAL SKELETON; APPENDICULAR SKELETON; SKULL.