Docent Renée Båge *protected email* Institute: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Research area: Agriculture rural development & food security, Health Research region: Africa Open to collaboration with: Other researchers, Practitioners and policy makers Professional experience Co-supervisor of PhD Lecturing Main supervisor of PhD PhD defence Supervision of Master’s students Supervision of Bachelor’s students Publications Spatial heterogeneity and spatially varying determinants of childhood stunting in Northern Rwanda: A cross-sectional study to inform targeted interventions PLOS ONE Feed Resources, Feeding Practices, and Milk Production at Smallholder Dairy Farms in East African Countries: A Systematic Review Scientific African The influence of oestrous substances on cyclicity and oestrous behaviour in dairy heifers Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica Testicular length as an indicator of the onset of sperm production in alpacas under Swedish conditions Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica Survival and culling reasons of dairy cows in a cow-calf contact system Reproduction in Domestic Animals Superovulatory response and embryo yield in pure Friesian, Inyambo, and crossbreed cows under field conditions in Rwanda Agro-Science Semen collection methods in alpacas Veterinary Record Prevalence of subclinical mastitis in dairy farms in urban and peri-urban areas of Kampala, Uganda Tropical Animal Health and Production Pathways and cellular functions influenced by insulin treatment during oocyte maturation – a transcriptome study of in vitro-produced bovine day 8 blastocysts Reproduction, Fertility and Development Non-esterified fatty acids affect the survival and increase lipid accumulation of bovine endometrial epithelial cells Reproduction in Domestic Animals Milk production in primiparous cows with customized voluntary waiting period Uncategorized Insulin exposure during in vitro bovine oocyte maturation changes blastocyst gene expression and developmental potential Reproduction, Fertility and Development Insulin during in vitro oocyte maturation has an impact on development, mitochondria, and cytoskeleton in bovine day 8 blastocysts Theriogenology Insulin concentrations used in in vitro embryo production systems: a pilot study on insulin stability with an emphasis on concentrations measured in vivo Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica Increased free fatty acids concentration impairs bovine endometrial epithelial cell proliferation in culture Reproduction in Domestic Animals In vitro embryo production after vitrification of bovine mature and immature oocytes Animal - science proceedings Impaired insulin sensitivity and reduced fertility in obese dairy cows Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica Hyperinsulinemia during in vitro oocyte maturation changes gene expression of insulin signalling in bovine Day-8 embryos Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica Husbandry Factors and the Resumption of Luteal Activity in Open and Zero-Grazed Dairy Cows in Urban and Peri-Urban Kampala, Uganda Reproduction in Domestic Animals Fiber quality and fertility in male alpacas in the Cusco region of Peru Frontiers in Veterinary Science