96 EFFECT OF TWO DIFFERENT EMBRYO TRANSPORTERS ON DEVELOPMENT OF PORCINE PARTHENOGENETIC EMBRYOS
M. Zhang A B , L. Sui C , Y. Li A , Z. Chen A , Y. Zhang A , T. Liu A , J. Xu C , X. Zhang A and Y. Zhang AA College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China;
B Anhui Province Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Hefei, Anhui Province, China;
C Reproductive Medical Center, Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
Reproduction, Fertility and Development 26(1) 162-162 https://doi.org/10.1071/RDv26n1Ab96
Published: 5 December 2013
Abstract
In the present study, we investigated two embryo transport methods, including a commercial cell transporter and a self-made, simple embryo transporter, for the pre-implantation development of porcine parthenogenetic embryos. The cleaved embryos were randomly distributed between the two types of embryo transport methods and were conserved in vitro for 2, 3, and 4 h. Embryo development efficiency testing and blastocyst differential staining were utilized to assess embryo developmental quality. There were no significant differences in embryo early development efficiency between the commercial cell transporter group, self-made embryo transporter group, and control group. The blastocyst hatch rate (7.75 ± 2.96%) in the self-made simple embryo transport method maintained for 3 h was significantly higher compared to the other groups (P < 0.05). The results (Table 1) showed that blastocyst differential staining showed that the ratio of inner cell mass (ICM) to total cells in both the 2-h-transport group and 3-h-transport group from the self-made simple embryo transport method and the 4-h-transport group from the commercial cell transporter were significantly higher than other groups (P < 0.05).The self-made simple embryo transporter and commercial cell transporter are both effective for transport and conservation of embryos for 3 h.
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