N OCIETY' - the Society for Reproductive Biology

Monday 27 th September(cont.)SESSION 4:Nutrition & ReproductionTime: 10.30 - 12.00 amOrals/MlnipostersVenue: StradbrokeMonday 27 th September(cont.)Chairs: Chris Scott and Alan TilbrookSESSION 5: Testicular Injury Orals/MinipostersTime Format Page10.30 o 5310.4511.0011.0711.2311.30oM 55oMo54565758AuthorsS Meier, BA Clark, SRMorgan, GA VerkerkTitleThe effects of feeding rumen bypass fattyacids during early postpartum on uterineprostaglandin synthesis, plasma fattyacids and the onset of oestrous activity indairy cows Time Format PagePM Rhodes, BA Clark, SR Energy balance and the postpartumMorgan, GA Verkerk interval in pasture fed dairy cowsD Blache, MA Blackberry,R Tellam, PE Vercoe, GBMartinInteractions between photoperiod, foodsupply and breed affect plasma leptinconcentrations in mature male sheepLM Chagas, D Blache, MA Does insulin or leptin mediate the effectBlackberry, GB Martin of dietary fatty acids on LH pulsefrequencies in mature male sheep?PS Duggal, ND Hussey, RJNormanDetection of rat leptin receptor (isoformB) rnRNA in rat ovary using a semiquantitativereverse transcriptionpolymerasechain reaction (RT-PCR)assayJ McFarlane, K Kauter, B Ovarian uptake of leptin and glucose andCampbell, D Baird, A the role of glucose in the regulation ofLeigh, R Scaramuzzi leptin levels in sheep10.3010.3710.5211.0011.07MooMM5960616263Time: 10.30 - 11.30 amChairs: Jim Cummins and Moira O'BryanAuthorsVenue: HuntingfieldTitleD Mehmet, JM Cummins, Quantitation of the commonF Ahmed, R Martin, J mitochondrial DNA deletion in humanWhelan testicular tissues by competitive PCRusing a chimaeric competitor constructFA Ahmed, J Whelan, AMJequier, JM CumminsJ Yaeram, BP Setchell, SMaddocksThe role of mitochondria in ischaemic/reperfusioninjury in rat testesThe effects of whole body heat-stress ofmale mice on aspects of paternal fertilityB-k Zhu, SK Walker, BP The effect of paternal heat stress onSetchell, S Maddocks development in-vitro of preimplantationembyos in the mouseZ Zhang, MB Renfree, RV The effect of testicular cooling onShortspermatogenesis in the rat1617