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Eyestone WH, Leibfried-Rutledge ML, Northey DL, et al. Culture of one- and two-cell bovine embryos to the blastocyst stage in the ovine oviduct. Theriogenology. 1987;28(1):1-7doi: 10.1016/0093-691x(87)90179-8.
Eyestone, W. H., Leibfried-Rutledge, M. L., Northey, D. L., Gilligan, B. G., & First, N. L. (1987). Culture of one- and two-cell bovine embryos to the blastocyst stage in the ovine oviduct. Theriogenology, 28(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/0093-691x(87)90179-8
Eyestone, W H, et al. "Culture of one- and two-cell bovine embryos to the blastocyst stage in the ovine oviduct." Theriogenology vol. 28,1 (1987): 1-7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/0093-691x(87)90179-8
Eyestone WH, Leibfried-Rutledge ML, Northey DL, Gilligan BG, First NL. Culture of one- and two-cell bovine embryos to the blastocyst stage in the ovine oviduct. Theriogenology. 1987 Jul;28(1):1-7. doi: 10.1016/0093-691x(87)90179-8. PMID: 16726286.
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Theriogenology. 1987 Jul;28(1):1-7. doi: 10.1016/0093-691x(87)90179-8.

Culture of one- and two-cell bovine embryos to the blastocyst stage in the ovine oviduct.

Theriogenology

W H Eyestone, M L Leibfried-Rutledge, D L Northey, B G Gilligan, N L First

Affiliations

  1. Department of Meat and Animal Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.

PMID: 16726286 DOI: 10.1016/0093-691x(87)90179-8

Abstract

The ovine oviduct was evaluated as a culture system for early bovine embryos. One- to two-cell embryos were collected from superovulated heifers killed 36 or 48 h after the onset of estrus, embedded in agar cylinders, and transferred to oviducts ligated at the uterotubal junction. After 5 d (6.5 to 7.0 d after donor estrus), embryos were recovered and evaluated for development to the late morula or blastocyst stage. In Experiment 1, 86 embryos were cultured in 10 ewes in which the onset of estrus was synchronized with that of the donors. Fifty-eight embryos (68%) were recovered; of these, 31 (53%) had continued normal development. In Experiment 2, development in ovariectomized versus intact cyclic ewes was compared. Recovery from ovariectomized ewes (26/39, 67%) did not differ from intact cyclic ewes (26/35, 74%) and the proportion developing normally also did not differ (ovariectomized: 7/26, 27%; intact cyclic: 11/26, 42%). In Experiment 3, embryo development was compared in anestrous versus ovariectomized ewes. Recovery rate (anestrous: 22/43, 51%; ovariectomized: 20/51, 39%) and the proportion developing normally (anestrous: 8/22, 37%; ovariectomized: 9/20, 45%) did not differ between treatments. Developmental competence of oviduct-cultured embryos was tested by transfer to 16 synchronous heifers, of which eight (50%) became pregnant; five delivered calves. Results indicate that the ovine oviduct provides an adequate site for the culture of early bovine embryos.

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