chapter 1 Developments in Reproductive Biotechnology that Will Improve the Weaned Calf Crop -- chapter 2 Bovine Estrus: Tools for Detection and Understanding -- chapter 3 Use of Prostaglandin F2α(PGF2α) in Cattle Breeding -- chapter 4 Estrous Synchronization of Cyclic and Anestrous Cows with Syncro-Mate-B® -- chapter 5 Use of GnRH to Synchronize Estrus and/or Ovulation in Beef Cows with or without Timed Insemination -- chapter 6 Current and Emerging Methods to Synchronize Estrus with Melengestrol Acetate (MGA) -- chapter 7 A Vaginal Insert (CIDR) to Synchronize Estrus and Timed AI -- chapter 8 Management of Follicular Growth with Progesterone and Estradiol within Progestin-Based Estrous SynchronySystems -- chapter 9 The Freezing, Thawing, and Transfer of Cattle Embryos -- chapter 10 Application of Embryo Transfer to the Beef Cattle Industry -- chapter 11 Embryo Transfer in Tropically Adapted Cattle in the Semitropics -- chapter 12 In Vitro Fertilization to Improve Cattle Production -- chapter 13 National Bovine Genomics Projects: Present Status, Future Directions, and Why They Are Important -- chapter 14 Genetic Technologies in Cow–Calf Operations -- chapter 15 Somatic Cell Cloning in the Beef Industry -- chapter 16 Alternative Methods to Micromanipulation for Producing Transgenic Cattle -- chapter 17 Cloning and the Beef Cattle Industry -- chapter 18 Reproductive Real-Time Ultrasound Technology: An Application for Improving Calf Crop in Cattle Operations -- chapter 19 of Technology to Improve the Calf Crop -- chapter 20 Sexing Sperm for Beef and Dairy Cattle Breeding -- chapter 21 New Developments in Managing the Bull.