
The Abstract Podcast: Veterinary Reproduction
A weekly AI-generated review of the latest PubMed literature in theriogenology and animal reproduction. Hosts Alex and Sarah discuss the most clinically relevant papers each week. The show is produced by Marco Duz, a veterinary specialist in equine internal medicine, to help veterinary professionals keep up with the scientific literature in a practical and accessible way.
Episodes

Veterinary Reproduction, October 18th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: October 18th 2026 (abstracts published between 11th October and 17th October 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:00:55) Nabenishi and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Heat stress on oocyte collection day has a greater impact on the conception rate than on embryo tra

Veterinary Reproduction, October 11th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: October 11th 2026 (abstracts published between 4th October and 10th October 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:00:55) Bauer and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Influence of glucocorticoid therapy, Cushing's syndrome and hypothyroidism on the reproductive cycle and

Veterinary Reproduction, October 4th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: October 4th 2026 (abstracts published between 27th September and 3rd October 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:01:10) Zoda and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Factors associated with pregnancy following transfer of Japanese Black embryos into Japanese Black, Hols

Veterinary Reproduction, September 27th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: September 27th 2026 (abstracts published between 20th September and 26th September 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:00:54) Souza and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Application of digital pathology to assess the effect of hormone treatment on placental histomorp

Veterinary Reproduction, September 13th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: September 13th 2026 (abstracts published between 6th September and 12th September 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:00:51) Słyszewska and colleagues, Theriogenology, "The effect of macrophage secretome on equine endometrial fibroblast transcriptomic and functi

Veterinary Reproduction, September 6th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: September 6th 2026 (abstracts published between 30th August and 5th September 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:00:51) Li and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Sequential refinement of ovum pick-up technical parameters improves oocyte recovery and developmental com

Veterinary Reproduction, August 30th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: August 30th 2026 (abstracts published between 23rd August and 29th August 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:01:04) Liu and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Glycine improves boar sperm linear motility by promoting heme biosynthesis to regulate mitochondrial energy

Veterinary Reproduction, August 23rd 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: August 23rd 2026 (abstracts published between 16th August and 22nd August 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:01:04) Eom and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Evaluation of germline transmission of electroporation-mediated double gene-edited cattle lines.", Vol 266,

Veterinary Reproduction, August 16th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: August 16th 2026 (abstracts published between 9th August and 15th August 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:01:09) Silva and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Biochemical changes in blood and allantoic fluid during late pregnancy of cloned embryos in Nellore cows.",

Veterinary Reproduction, August 9th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: August 9th 2026 (abstracts published between 2nd August and 8th August 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:01:01) Perina and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Exploring the postpartum period in mares: hormonal dynamics and ovarian activity under physiological and pat

Veterinary Reproduction, August 2nd 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: August 2nd 2026 (abstracts published between 26th July and 1st August 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:02:41) Albertini and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Identification of factors associated with pregnancy loss in lactating crossbred beef cows.", Vol 260, pp.

Veterinary Reproduction, July 26th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: July 26th 2026 (abstracts published between 19th July and 25th July 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:00:57) Arroyo-Salvo and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Effects of equine sperm incubation under capacitation-supporting conditions on homologous and heterologou

Veterinary Reproduction, July 19th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: July 19th 2026 (abstracts published between 12th July and 18th July 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:06:03) Partyka and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Post-thaw quality of canine spermatozoa exposed to hydroxychalcones: a double-edged sword.", Vol 259, pp. 1179

Veterinary Reproduction, July 12th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: July 12th 2026 (abstracts published between 5th July and 11th July 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:01:06) Jin and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Restoration of membrane potential rescues organelle function via NS309-mediated KCa activation in aged porcine oocy

Veterinary Reproduction, July 5th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: July 5th 2026 (abstracts published between 28th June and 4th July 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:01:03) Spada and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Development of an ultrasonographic grading system for cystic endometrial hyperplasia in dogs.", Vol 258, pp. 11789

Veterinary Reproduction, June 28th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: June 28th 2026 (abstracts published between 21st June and 27th June 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:00:55) Lei and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Divergent molecular strategies underlie bovine blastocyst hatching and cryopreservation stress adaptation revealed

Veterinary Reproduction, June 21st 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: June 21st 2026 (abstracts published between 14th June and 20th June 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:01:11) Cheng and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Zygote electroporation of base editor ribonucleoproteins enables efficient single-target editing but reveals lim

Veterinary Reproduction, June 14th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: June 14th 2026 (abstracts published between 7th June and 13th June 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:02:24) Gurkin and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Zinc chelation and supplementation to enhance artificial oocyte activation efficiency in the bovine.", Vol 264,

Veterinary Reproduction, June 7th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: June 7th 2026 (abstracts published between 31st May and 6th June 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:09:47) Upreti and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Silymarin as a functional antioxidant enhances oocyte competence and embryo development in Tharparkar cattle (Bosi

Veterinary Reproduction, May 31st 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: May 31st 2026 (abstracts published between 24th May and 30th May 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:01:01) Sun and colleagues, Theriogenology, "VEZF1 Suppresses proliferation and induces premature luteinization of porcine granulosa cells.", Vol 263, pp. 118009,

Veterinary Reproduction, May 24th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: May 24th 2026 (abstracts published between 17th May and 23rd May 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:00:59) Wei and colleagues, Animal reproduction science, "Folic acid alleviates heat stress-induced ovarian dysfunction in dairy cows via modulation of follicular

Veterinary Reproduction, May 17th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: May 17th 2026 (abstracts published between 10th May and 16th May 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:02:45) Wu and colleagues, Theriogenology, "Arginine and putrescine ameliorate heat stress-induced testicular inflammation and apoptosis via inhibiting endoplasmi

Veterinary Reproduction, May 10th 2026
Veterinary Reproduction: May 10th 2026 (abstracts published between 3rd May and 9th May 2026)
Welcome to The Abstract Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sarah review the latest veterinary literature.
### Papers Discussed Today:
• (00:01:04) Siegmund-Sabater and colleagues, Theriogenology, "ROCK signalling pathway is required to maintain blastomere number and support blastocyst formation in ovin











