A research career is not only built on ideas and publishable results; it is more often the product of determination, hard work, collegiality and collaboration. It is through our collaborators, family and friends that we really become better persons, and scientists. It is also a matter of being at the right place at the right time. My work in bovine reproduction has progressed from an interest in superovulation and embryo transfer before I became a veterinarian, to the development and application of this technology and fixed-time artificial insemination in beef and dairy herds. Everything that I have done has been possible because of the people that I have worked with over the years. This manuscript combines some of the very exciting things that I have learned about bovine reproduction over the last 30 years and personal stories behind the projects and ideas that we have pursued during that time.

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寻找一种操纵奶牛卵巢功能的方法：一次意外、合作和友谊的冒险

研究生涯不仅建立在想法和可发表的成果之上；它通常是决心、努力工作、合议和协作的产物。正是通过我们的合作者、家人和朋友，我们才能真正成为更好的人和科学家。在正确的时间出现在正确的地点也是一个问题。我在牛繁殖方面的工作已经从我成为兽医之前对超数排卵和胚胎移植的兴趣发展到这项技术的开发和应用以及牛肉和奶牛群的固定时间人工授精。由于多年来与我共事的人，我所做的一切都成为可能。