Professor Alex Evans

Research

Professor Alexander Evans BSc PhD DSc

Books:

Edited by A Evans (2003) Ovarian Follicle Development. Ireland: Elsevier. [Details]

Book Chapters:

NC Rawlings, WD Currie, ACO Evans & IJ Churchill (1993) 'Opioid modulation of gonadotrophin secretion in the mature ewe during the breeding season and seasonal anoestrus and in the prepubertal ram, bull, ewe and heifer' In: N. Parvizi (eds). Opioids in Farm Animals. [Details]

Books Edited:

ACO Evans and F Mulligan (Ed.). (2006) Nutrition and Fertility in Dairy Cows. Amsterdam: Elsevier. [Details]

ACO Evans (Ed.). (2003) Ovarian Follicle Development. Amsterdam: Elsevier. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals:

MA de Feu, ACO Evans, P Lonergan, ST Butler (2010) 'The effect of dry period duration and dietary energy density on milk production, bioenergetic status and postpartum ovarian function in Holstein-Freisian dairy cows'. Journal of Dairy Science, . [Details]

L O'Hara, J P Hanrahan, L Richardson, A Donovan, S Fair, ACO Evans, P Lonergan (2010) 'Effect of storage duration, storage temperature and diluent on the viability and fertility of fresh ram sperm'. Theriogenology, 73 (4):541-549. [Details]

K Bender, S Walsh, ACO Evans, T Fair, L Brennan (2010) 'Metabolite concentrations in follicular fluid may explain differences in fertility between heifers and lactating cows'. Reproduction, 139 :1047-1055. [Details]

F Mossa, F Jimenez-Krassel, S Walsh, DP Berry, S Butler, J Folger, GW Smith, JLH Ireland, P Lonergan, JJ Ireland, ACO Evans (2010) 'The inherent capacity of the pituitary gland to produce gonadotropins is not influenced by the number of ovarian follicles ≥ 3 mm in diameter in cattle'. Reproduction Fertility and Development, 22 (3):550-557. [Details]

BA Mc Givney, PA Mc Gettigan, JA Brown, ACO Evans, RG Fonseca, AJ Lohan, BJ Loftus, DE Mc Hugh, BA Murphy, LM Katz, EW Hill (2010) 'Characterization of equine skeletal muscle transcriptome identifies novel functional responses to exercise training'. BMC Genomics, 1 (398). [Details]

NA Smith, FM Mc Auliffe, K Quinn, P Lonergan, ACO Evans. (2010) 'The negative effects of a short period of maternal undernutrition at conception on the glucose-insulin system of offspring in sheep'. Animal Reproduction Science, 121 :94-100. [Details]

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Conference Publications:

K Pluta, C Dolphin, T Tharmalingam, ACO Evans, SD Carrington (2010) Biochemical and topographical changes in glycoconjugates of the cervical epithelium associated with the onset of oestrus in cattle 8th International Ruminant Reproduction Symposium [Details]

SW Walsh, EJ Williams, PA McGettigan, JP Mehta, JA Browne, ACO Evans (2010) The effect of postpartum uterine infection on subsequent preovulatory follicle gene expression during the breeding season in postpartum cows 8th International Ruminant Reproduction Symposium [Details]

BA Murphy, C Blake, A-M Martin, N Forde, JA Browne, ACO Evans (2010) Temporal patterns of circadian clock gene expression differ between stroma and dominant follicles in periovulatory ovine ovaries 8th International Ruminant Reproduction Symposium [Details]

EJ Williams, RA Law, HS Gilmore, F Carter, S Cody, CP Ferris, CS Mayne, P Lonergan, JF Roche, MG Diskin, FJ Young, MA Crowe and ACO Evans (2010) Uterine infection is associated with decreased mRNA for IGF-1 in liver and increased negative energy balance in post partum cows 8th International Ruminant Reproduction Symposium [Details]

JJ Ireland, DM Scheetz, F Jimenez-Krassel, JK Folger, GW Smith, F Mossa, ACO Evans (2010) Evidence that mammary gland infection/injury during pregnancy in dairy cows may have a negative impact on size of the ovarian reserve in their daughters 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction [Details]

MP Mullen, N Forde, MH Parr, MG Diskin, ACO Evans, DG Morris, JE Nally, MA Crowe (2010) Effect of systemic progesterone on retinol binding protein gene expression and secretion in the bovine uterus International Society for Animal Genetics Conference [Details]

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F Jimenez-Krassel, JK Folger, JLH Ireland, GW Smith, X Hou, JS Davis, P Lonergan, ACO Evans, and JJ Ireland (2009) 'Evidence that high variation in ovarian reserves of healthy young adults has a negative impact on the corpus luteum and endometrium during reproductive cycles of single-ovulating species'. Biology of Reproduction, 80 (6):1272-1281. [Details]
JJ Ireland, AE Zielak, F Jimenez-Krassel, J Folger, A Bettegowda, D Scheetz, S Walsh, F Mossa, PG Knight, GW Smith, P Lonergan, ACO Evans (2009) 'Variation in the Ovarian Reserve is linked to Alterations in Intrafollicular Estradiol Production and Ovarian Biomarkers of Follicular Differentiation and Oocyte Quality in Cattle'. Biology of Reproduction, 80 (5):954-964. [Details]
NA Smith, FM Mc Auliffe, K Quinn, P Lonergan, ACO Evans. (2009) 'Transient high glycaemic intake in the last trimester of pregnancy increases offspring birth weight and postnatal growth rate in sheep'. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 116 (7):975-983. [Details]
T Suveevun-Phermthai, CL Curchoe, ACO Evans, E Boland, D Rizos, T Fair, P Duffy, LY Sung, F Du, S Chaubal, J Xu, T Wechayant, X Yang, P Lonergan, R Parnpai, XC Tian. (2009) 'Allelic switching of the imprinted IGF2R gene in cloned bovine fetuses and calves'. Animal Reproduction Science, 116 (1-2):19-27. [Details]
N Forde, F Carter, T Fair, MA Crowe, ACO Evans, TE Spencer, FW Bazer, R McBride, MP Boland, P O'Gaora, P Lonergan, JF Roche (2009) 'Progesterone-regulated changes in endometrial gene expression contribute to advanced conceptus develoment in cattle'. Biology of Reproduction, 81 (4):784-794. [Details]
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I Hutchinson, P Lonergan, ACO Evans, RJ Dewhurst, ST Butler (2010) The effect of supplementation with conjugated linoleic acid on the reproductive performance of lactating dairy cows American Dairy Science Association Meeting 2010 [Details]
ACO Evans (2010) Reproduction and fertility in cattle; basic research for applied problems UK Animal Science Forum [Details]
ACO Evans, F Mossa, P Lonergan, S Butler, D Berry, J Ireland (2010) Causes and consequences of the variation in ovarian follicle numbers Reproductive Sciences and Medicine Research Symposium [Details]
M Parr, M Mullen, MA Crowe, JF Roche, P Lonergan, ACO Evans, MG Diskin (2010) The relationship between progesterone during the early luteal phase and embryo survival in dairy heifers British Society of Animal Science and the Agriculture Research Forum [Details]
CM Blake, A-M Martin, N Forde, ACO Evans, BA Murphy (2010) Evidence of molecular circadian clock in the ovine periovulatory ovary Plant and Animal Genome XVII Conference [Details]
F Mossa, ST Butler, DP Berry, F Jimenez-Krassel, P Lonergan, GW Smith, JJ Ireland, ACO Evans (2010) Number of follicles during follicular waves is positively associated with fertility in dairy cows 8th International Ruminant Reproduction Symposium [Details]
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