Table of Contents

Section I: Basic Physiology
1. Reproductive physiology of female animals
2. Reproductive physiology of male animals
3. Puberty and Seasonality
4. Fertilisation and development of the conceptus
5. Pregnancy and its diagnosis
6. Partution and care of the newborn
7. Physiology of the puerperium
8. Pharmacological agents in the control of reproduction

Section II: Gestation and Pathology of Gestation
9. Abnormalities of development and pregnancy
10. Prolapse of vagina, cervix and rectum

Section III: Obstetrics and surgery of the reproductive system
11. Approach to an obstetrical case
12. Prevalence, causes and consequences of dystocia
13. Maternal dystocia: causes and treatment
14. Fetal dystocia in livestock: delivery per vaginam
15. Defects of presentation, position and posture in livestock; delivery by foetotomy
16. Defects of presentation, position and posture in livestock; delivery by caesarean section
17. Dystocia and disoders of pregnancy in pigs
18. Manipulative delivery per vaginam in dogs and cats
19. Caesarean section in dogs and cats
20. Injuries and diseases consequent upon partutition
21. Castration and cryptorchid surgery

Section IV: Subfertility
22. Infertility in the cow due to functional and management deficiencies
23. The metritis complex in cattle
24. Specific infectious diseases causing infertility and subfertility in cattle
25. Veterinary control of herd fertility in intensively-managed dairy herds
26. Veterinary control of herd fertility in pastoral dairy herds
27. Veterinary control of reproduction in beef herds 
28. Fertility and infertility in Bos indicus
29. Infertility and abortion in sheep and goats
30. Management of breeding in small-scale poultry production
31. Equine infertility and stud medicine practice
32. Infertility in the pig and the control of pig herd fertility
33. Infertility in the bitch and queen
34. Pharmacological control of reproduction in the dog and cat

Section V: Male animal
35. Evaluation of the fertility of breeding males
36. Abnormalities affecting reproductive function of male animals

Section VI: Less common domestic species
37. Old and New World camelids
38. Buffalo and related species
39. Deer
40. Laboratory and pet rodents and lagomorphs
41. Veterinary control of reproduction in rodent colonies
42. Asian Elephant

Section VII: Assisted Reproduction
43. Artificial Insemination
44. Embryo transfer

About the Author

Timothy Parkinson BVSc, DBR, DipECAR, MEd, PhD, FRCVS is a Registered Specialist (RCVS) in veterinary reproduction (cattle and sheep). He has recently retired as the Professor of Farm Animal Reproduction & Health, Institute of Veterinary, Animal & Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand. Professor England is the Foundation Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science and is Professor of Comparative Veterinary Reproduction.
He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and is recognised as a Specialist in Veterinary Reproduction by the Royal College and the European College of Animal Reproduction. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists and a Visiting Professor at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London.
Professor England was instrumental in developing a new veterinary curriculum at the University of Nottingham and is an advocate of innovation in teaching, learning and assessment.
Professor England's research interests are reproductive biology (particularly the interaction between sperm and the female reproductive tract, and the effect of environmental chemicals on fertility), canine behaviour (predominantly epidemiological modelling of behavioural tests) and colic in horses (he is part of the Nottingham Equine Colic Project Group which generates new evidence and recommendations on the recognition and assessment of colic and in collaboration with the British Horse Society produces the 'React now to beat colic' campaign).