Una reflexión prospectiva sobre técnicas sostenibles para controlar la reproducción en mamíferos domésticos

• Phlippe Chemineau ^[1]
  1. [1] Univ. Tours
• Localización: XVI Jornadas sobre Producción Animal: 19 y 20 de mayo de 2015, Zaragoza / Javier Álvarez Rodríguez (aut.), Begoña Panea Doblado (aut.), Jorge Hugo Calvo Lacosta (aut.), Mireia Blanco Alibés (aut.), José Alfonso Abecia Martínez (aut.), Daniel Villalba Mata (aut.), María Ángeles Latorre Górriz (aut.), Vol. 1, 2015, ISBN 978-84-606-7969-1, págs. 3-18
• Idioma: español
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  • Controlling farm animal reproduction was one of the essential tools for domestication. It is still of high interest for genetic improvement, adjustment of production to feed availability, to market and reduction of unproductive periods. Detection of oestrous behaviour, synchronization of conceptions and increase of the potency of diffusion of sires are three common objectives among species. The various reproductive systems among livestock systems differ because of intrinsic properties of species and because of the various degrees of intensification of these systems. Three clear tendencies are to continue increasing productivity by improving reproductive efficiency, developing new and sustainable techniques without hormones, and continuing to develop AI and reproductive biotechnologies. Future areas of investment in research could be the physiological and ethological bases of the socio-sexual inter-relationships between animals, the genetic control of reproductive traits, an increase in the efficiency of classical and new reproductive biotechnologies and engineering new and innovative reproductive techniques to be used in farm conditions. These reproductive techniques should be developed respecting the three pillars of sustainability: environment, economy and society. Thus, they should be included within the livestock systems in which they are supposed to be applied and which should be assessed for sustainability.