
%0 Journal Article
%A Moore, NW 
%A Bilton, RJ 
%T The Storage of Fertilized Sheep Ova At 5°C
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1973/12/01
%V 26
%N 6
%P 1421-1428
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9731421
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9731421 
%X Fertilized day-2 (1-4 cells) and day-5 (morulae) sheep ova were cooled at a rate of 0·25 or 1·0 degC/min to 5°C then stored at 5°C for intervals between 10 min and 6 hr, after which they were cultured in vitro for two days at 37· 5°C. Storage had no effect upon subsequent development in culture. Of 103 day-2 ova, 75 (73 %) developed to eight cells and 57 of 88 (65 %) day-5 ova developed to blastocysts. There were no effects of age of ovum, cooling rate, or duration of storage on development in culture. 
