Bienvenidos a la página web de
Fernando Forcada
Publicaciones más
destacadas (ponencias y artículos científicos)
Ponencias
en congresos
- “Interacciones ambientales sobre la
reproducción en el ganado ovino”
II
Congreso Internacional en Ciencias Veterinarias y Zootecnia. Benemérita
Universidad de Puebla. México. Marzo de 2009. 
- “Producción in vivo de embriones ovinos:
Implicaciones de I+D”
II
Congreso Internacional en Ciencias Veterinarias y Zootecnia. Benemérita
Universidad de Puebla. México. Marzo de 2009.
- “Effetto del fotoperiodo sull’attivitá
ovárica”
Simposio
Internacional sobre “Nuove Acquisizioni
e future opportunitá nella riproduzione dei ruminanti”
Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria de Sassari
(Italia). Septiembre de 2007.
- “Relaciones entre la nutrición y la actividad sexual en ganado ovino”
1er Simposio Internacional
sobre “La influencia de la nutrición y el contexto socio-sexual en la
reproducción y sobrevivencia de la cría en cabras y ovejas”. Torreón (Cuahuila), México. Noviembre 2005.
- “Influencia de la subnutrición sobre la mortalidad embrionaria en la
oveja”
1er Simposio Internacional
sobre “La influencia de la nutrición y el contexto socio-sexual en la
reproducción y sobrevivencia de la cría en cabras y ovejas”. Torreón (Cuahuila), México. Noviembre 2005.
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“Nouvelles posibilités
d’utilisation de la mélatonine: améliorations des paramètres de reproduction en
élevage ovin”
II Symposium Ovin International. 14 marzo 2002. Toulouse. Francia.
- “Actividad
reproductiva del ovino: melatonina”
III Foro Nacional de Ovino
“Ribera del Duero”, 15-16 de marzo de 2001. Aranda de Duero (Burgos).
- “Implicación
del fotoperiodo-melatonina en la regulación de la actividad reproductiva del
ganado ovino. Uso práctico de la melatonina”
Seminario
Internacional Ceva Santé Animale sobre “Control de la Reproducción Ovina y
Melatonina”. Febrero 2001. Guadalajara.
- “Breeding systems for lamb production in Spain and Aragón”
Sheep Veterinary
Society Spring Meeting 1999. Bilbao-Jaca , 1999
- “Implicaciones
de la nutrición sobre la estacionalidad sexual en ganado ovino”
II Congresso di Fisiologia Veterinaria. Sassari-Alghero (Italia),
1997
Publicaciones científicas últimos
10 años
- FORCADA, F.,
AIT-AMER MEZIANE, M., ABECIA, J.A., MAUREL, M.C., CEBRIÁN-PÉREZ, J.A.,
MUIÑO-BLANCO, T., ASENJO, B., VÁZQUEZ, M.I., CASAO, A. (2011). Repeated superovulation using a simplified FSH/eCG
treatment for in vivo embryo production in sheep. Theriogenology, en prensa (aceptado). 
- ABECIA, J.A.,
FORCADA, F., GONZÁLEZ-BULNES, A. (2011). Pharmaceutical
control of reproduction in sheep and goats. Veterinary Clinics of
North America: Food Animal Practice, 27, 67-79.
- VAZQUEZ, I.,
ABECIA, J.A., FORCADA, F., CASAO, A. (2010).
Effects of exogenous melatonin on in vivo embrio viability and oocyte
competence of ndernourished ewes after weaning during
the seasonal anestrus. Theriogenology, 74, 618-626.
- CASAO, A., CEBRIÁN, I., ASUMPÇAO, M.E., PÉREZ-PÉ,
R., ABECIA, J.A., FORCADA, F., CEBRIÁN-PÉREZ, J.A., MUIÑO-BLANCO, T. (2010). Seasonal variations of melatonin in ram
seminal plasma are correlated to those of testosterone and antioxidant enzymes.
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, en prensa (aceptado).
- SOSA, C.,
GONZALEZ-BULNES, A., ABECIA, J.A., FORCADA, F., MEIKLE, A. (2010). Short.term undernutrition affects
final development of ovulatory follicles in sheep synchronized for ovulation. Reproduction in Domstic Animals, en prensa
(aceptado).
- VAZQUEZ, M.I.,
FORCADA, F., CASAO, A., ABECIA, J.A., SOSA C., PALACIN, I. (2010). Undernutrition and exogenous melatonin can affect the developmental competence of
ovine oocytes. Reproduction in Domestic
Animals, 45,
677-684.
- CASAO, A., MENDOZA, N., PÉREZ-PÉ, R., GRASA, P.,
ABECIA, J.A., FORCADA, F., CEBRIÁN, P., MUIÑO, T. (2010). Melatonin prevents
capacitation and apoptotic-like changes of ram spermatozoa and increases
fertility rate. Journal of Pineal Research, en prensa (aceptado).
- ABECIA, J.A.,
VALARES, J.A., PALACIN, I., FORCADA, F. (2010). The effect of
melatonin replacement and month of treatment after the winter solstice on
reproductive activity of two Mediterranean breed of sheep. Biological Rhythm Research. en prensa (aceptado).
- CASAO, A.,
ABECIA, J.A., CEBRIÁN-PÉREZ, J.A., MUIÑO-BLANCO, T., VÁZQUEZ, I., FORCADA, F.
(2010). The effects of melatonin on in vitro oocyte competence
and embryo development in sheep. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 8, 35-41.
- VÁZQUEZ, I.,
FORCADA, F., CASAO, A., SOSA, C., PALACÍN, I., ABECIA, J.A. (2009). Effects of melatonin and undernutrition on the
viability of ovine embryos during anestrus and the breeding season. Animal Reproduction Science. 112, 83-94.
- CASAO, A., VEGA, S., PALACIN, I., FORCADA, F., PEREZ-PE, R., ABECIA,
J.A., CEBRIAN, J.A., LAVIÑA, A., QUINTIN, F.J., SEVILLA, E., MUIÑO, M.T.
(2010). Effects of melatonin implants during non-breeding
season on sperm motility and reproductive parameters in Rasa Aragonesa rams. Reproduction in
Domestic Animals, 45, 425-432
- SOSA, C., ABECIA, J.A., CARRIQUIRY, M., FORCADA, F.,
MARTIN, G.B. PALACÍN, I., MEIKLE, A. (2009). Early pregnancy
alters the metabolic responses to restricted nutrition in sheep. Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 36, 13-23.
- SOSA, C.,
ABECIA, J.A., CARRIQUIRY, M., VAZQUEZ, M.I., FERNANDEZ-FOREN, A., TALMON, M.,
FORCADA, F., MEIKLE, A. (2009). Effect of undernutrition on
the uterine environment during maternal recognition of pregnancy in sheep. Reproduction
Fertility and Development, 21, 869-881.
- ARREBOLA, F.,
ABECIA, J.A., FORCADA, F., GARCIA, A., MARTIN, R.A., MESA, O. (2009). Effects of annual
rainfall and farm on lamb production after treatment with melatonin implants in
Merino sheep: A 4-year study. New Zealand
Veterinary Journal, 57, 141-145.
- COLAS C, GRASA P., CASAO A., GALLEGO M., ABECIA
J.A., FORCADA F., CEBRIAN J.A., MUIÑO T. (2009). Changes in calmodulin immunocytochemical localization associated with
capacitation and acrosomal exocytosis of ram
spermatozoa. Theriogenology, 71: 789-800.
- SOSA, C.,
ABECIA, J.A., FORCADA, F., MEIKLE, A. (2008). Undernutrition reduces the oviductal mRNA expression of progesterone and oestrogen
receptors in sheep. The Veterinary Journal, 175, 413-415.
- SIMONETTI, L., FORCADA, F., RIVERA, OE, CAROU, N.,
ALBERIO, R.H., ABECIA, J.A., PALACÍN, I. (2008). Simplified superovulatory treatments in Corriedale
ewes. Animal Reproduction Science, 104, 227-237.
- ABECIA, J.A.,
FORCADA, F., CASAO, A., PALACÍN, I. (2008). Effect of exogenous
melatonin on the ovary, the embryo and the establishment of pregnancy in ewes. Animal, 2,
399-404.
- PALACÍN, I.,
ABECIA, J.A., FORCADA, F., CASAO, A., CEBRIÁN, J.A., MUIÑO, T., PALACIOS, C.,
PONTES, J.M. (2008). Effects of exogenous melatonin treatment on
out-of-season ram fertility. Italian Journal of Animal Science, 7, 199-206.
- FORCADA, F.,
ABECIA, J.A., CASAO, A., CEBRIÁN-PÉREZ, J.A., MUIÑO-BLANCO, T., PALACÍN, I.
(2007). Effects of ageing and exogenous melatonin on pituitary
responsiveness to GnRH in ewes during anestrus and the reproductive season. Theriogenology, 67, 855-862.
- ABECIA, J.A.,
VALARES, J.A., FORCADA, F., PALACÍN, I., MARTÍN, S., MARTINO, A. (2007). The effect of
melatonin on the reproductive performance of three sheep breeds in Spain. Small Ruminant Research, 69, 10-16.
- VALARES, J.A., ABECIA, J.A., FORCADA, F.,
PALACÍN, I., MATA, L., RAZQUIN, P. (2007). Development of a simple enzyme immunoassay for the
determination of ovine luteinizing hormone.
Veterinary Research Communications, 31, 427-436.
- ABECIA, J.A.,
PALACÍN, 1., FORCADA, F. (2007). The effects of exogenous melatonin on wool quality and
thyroid function in Rasa Aragonesa ewes. Spanish Journal of
Agricultural Research,
5, 164-171.
- FORCADA, F., ABECIA, J.A. (2006). The effect of nutrition on the seasonality of reproduction in ewes. Reproduction,
Nutrition and Development, 46, 355-365.
- ABECIA, J.A.,
SOSA, C., FORCADA, F., MEIKLE, A. (2006). The effect of undernutrition on the establishment of pregnancy in the ewe. Reproduction
Nutrition Development, 46, 367-378.
- SOSA, C.,
ABECIA, J.A., FORCADA, F., VIÑOLES, C., TASENDE, C., VALARES, J.A., PALACÍN,
I., MARTIN, G.B., MEIKLE, A. (2006). Effect of undernutrition on uterine progesterone and oestrogen
receptors and on endocrine profiles during the ovine oestrous cycle. Reproduction,
Fertility and Development, 18, 447-458.
- CARDOZO, J.A.,
FERNÁNDEZ-JUAN, M., FORCADA, F., ABECIA, J.A., MUIÑO-BLANCO, T., CEBRIÁN-PÉREZ,
J.A. (2006). Monthly variations in ovine seminal plasma proteins analyzed by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel
electrophoresis. Theriogenology, 66, 841-850.
- FORCADA, F.,
ABECIA, J.A., CEBRIÁN-PÉREZ, J.A., MUIÑO-BLANCO, T., VALARES, J.A., PALACÍN,
I., CASAO, A. (2006). The effect of melatonin implants during the seasonal anestrus on embryo production after superovulation in aged
high-prolificacy Rasa Aragonesa ewes. Theriogenology, 65, 356-365.
- ABECIA, J.A.,
MARIA, G., FORCADA, F. (2005). A note on mating preferences in Rasa Aragonesa rams. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 91,
355-361.
- ABECIA, J.A., VALARES, J.A., FORCADA, F. (2005). The effect of melatonin treatment on woll
growth and thyroxine secretion in sheep. Small Ruminant
Research, 56, 265-270.
- ABECIA, J.A.,
PALACÍN, I., FORCADA, F., VALARES, J.A. (2005). The effect of
melatonin treatment on the ovarian response of ewes to the ram effect. Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 31, 52-62.
- ABECIA, J.A.,
FORCADA, F., VALARES, J.A., PALACÍN, I., MARTÍN, S., MARTINO, A., GÓMEZ, M.I.,
PALACIOS, C. (2005). Does melatonin treatment during lactation influence
milk production in Lacaune and Assaf
ewes? Spanish Journal of Agricultural
Research, 3, 1-6.
- GRASA,
P., PEREZ-PÉ, R., ABECIA, J.A., FORCADA, F., MUIÑO, T., CEBRIAN, J.A. (2005). Sperm survival and heterogeneity are
correlated with fertility after intrauterine insemination in superovulated ewes. Theriogenology, 63, 748-762.
-
ABECIA, J.A., VALARES, J.A., FORCADA, F. (2005). The effect of melatonin treatment on wool growth and thyroxine secretion in sheep. Small
Ruminant Research, 56, 265-270.
- SOSA,
C., LOZANO, J.M., VIÑOLES, C. ACUÑA, S., ABECIA, J.A., FORCADA, F., FORSBERG,
M., MEIKLE, A. (2004). Plane of
nutrition affects endometrial progesterone receptor expression in ewes. Animal Reproduction
Science, 84, 337-348.
- GRASA, P., PÉREZ-PE, R., BÁGUENA, O.,
FORCADA, F., ABECIA, J. .A., CEBRIÁN-PÉREZ, J.A.,
MUIÑO-BLANCO, T. (2004). Ram
sperm selection by a dextran/swim-up procedure increases fertilization rates
following intrauterine insemination in superovulated
ewes. Journal of Andrology, 25 (6), 70-78.
-
FORCADA, F., ABECIA, J.A., ZÚÑIGA, O. (2003). Regulation of LH secretion during seasonal anestrus
by dopaminergic pathways in Rasa Aragonesa ewes
treated or not with melatonin. Canadian Journal of Animal Science,
83(2), 311-314.
- ABECIA, J.A., FORCADA, F., VALARES, J.A.,
ZÚÑIGA, O., KINDAHL, H. (2003). Effect of exogenous melatonin on in vivo and in vitro prostaglandin
secretion in Rasa Aragonesa ewes. Theriogenology, 60, 1345-1355.
- FORCADA, F. ABECIA, J.A., ZÚÑIGA, O.,
LOZANO, J.M. (2002). Variation
in the ability of melatonin implants inserted at two different times after the
winter solstice to restore reproductive activity in reduced seasonality ewes.
Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 53, 167-173.
- ABECIA, J.A., FORCADA, F., ZÚÑIGA, O.
(2002). The
effect of melatonin on secretion of progesterone in sheep and on the
development of ovine embryos in vitro.
Veterinary Research Communications, 26, 151-158.
- ABECIA, J.A., FORCADA, F., ZÚÑIGA, O.
(2002). A note on the
effect of individual housing conditions on LH secretion in ewes after exposure
to a ram. Applied Animal Behaviour Science,
75, 347-352.
-
ZÚÑIGA, O., FORCADA, F., ABECIA, J.A. (2002). The effect of melatonin implants on the response to the male effect and
on the subsequent cyclicity of Rasa Aragonesa ewes implanted in April. Animal
Reproduction Science, 72, 165-174.
-
FORCADA, F., ZÚÑIGA, O., ABECIA, J.A. (2002). The role of nutrition in the regulation of LH secretion during anestrus by the serotoninergic and dopaminergic systems in mediterranean ewes treated with melatonin. Theriogenology, 58, 1303-1313.
- ABECIA, J.A., FORCADA, F., ZÚÑIGA, O.,
VALARES, J.A. (2002). The effect of progestagen treatment on sheep
reproductive performance at different phases of the oestrous cycle. Animal Research,
51, 149-155.