Factors affecting oocyte quality and quantity in commercial application of embryo technologies in the cattle breeding industry
JS Merton, APW De Roos, E Mullaart, L De Ruigh… - Theriogenology, 2003 - Elsevier
With the introduction of multiple ovulation, embryo recovery and transfer techniques (MOET)
plus embryo freeze–thaw methods in the early 1980s, the breeding industry has the tools in
hand to increase the number of calves from donors of high genetic merit. In the early 1990s,
the introduction of ovum pick-up followed by in vitro embryo production (OPU-IVP) opened
up even greater possibilities. Using these technologies, we challenge biological
mechanisms in reproduction. Where normally one oocyte per estrous cycle will develop to …
plus embryo freeze–thaw methods in the early 1980s, the breeding industry has the tools in
hand to increase the number of calves from donors of high genetic merit. In the early 1990s,
the introduction of ovum pick-up followed by in vitro embryo production (OPU-IVP) opened
up even greater possibilities. Using these technologies, we challenge biological
mechanisms in reproduction. Where normally one oocyte per estrous cycle will develop to …
