Pregnancy obtained in a late gestational mare by in vitro embryo production
Lino Fernando Campos-Chillon
A D , Jan Martin B and Joy L. Altermatt A C
+ Author Affiliations
- Author Affiliations
A Animal Science Department, California Polytechnic State University, 1 Grand Ave. San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA.
B Jan Martin Equine Management, PO Box 475, Buellton, CA 93427, USA.
C Veterinary Reproduction Innovations, APC, PO Box 4712, San Luis Obispo, CA 93403, USA.
D Corresponding author. Email: lcamposc@calpoly.edu
Reproduction, Fertility and Development 31(12) 1926-1929 https://doi.org/10.1071/RD19305
Submitted: 6 June 2019 Accepted: 2 September 2019 Published: 2 October 2019
Abstract
Recently, the demand for in vitro embryo production in the horse has increased worldwide. Most clinical transvaginal ultrasound-guided ovum pick-up (OPU) procedures are performed in non-pregnant donor mares, and few experimental studies have described in vitro embryo production from oocytes of pregnant donors 21–150 days in gestation. This report discusses OPU, follicular growth and in vitro embryo production in a pregnant mare during late gestation.
Additional keywords: ICSI, ovum pick up, follicle.
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