Many hundreds of exotic species and domestic animal breeds have been lost over the
course of the last few decades. In order to avoid a similar fate to other animals threatened …

The oocyte of the domestic dog is unique from that of other mammalian species studied to
date. Ovulation occurs either once or twice per year, with the oocyte released at the germinal …

The domestic dog could be a valuable model for studying and develo** assisted
reproduction in taxonomically related endangered Canids. However, the efficiency of in vitro …

Simple Summary In assisted reproduction, in vitro embryo production is the generation of
embryos from isolated gametes in an equipped laboratory. This procedure is commonly …

In several studies, early cleavage stage canine embryos have been derived from in vitro
fertilized oocytes cultured under various conditions. Despite these results, IVF protocols for …

Ability of ovarian oocytes from the domestic dog to complete nuclear maturation in vitro (IVM)
varies markedly among donors and generally is 20% or less of all oocytes cultured. To …

Gonadotropins, steroids and growth factors stimulate or inhibit cumulus expansion, nuclear
maturation, or both, of most mammalian oocytes in vitro. The objective was to evaluate the …

The influence of human or ovine leptin on in vitro culture of preantral follicles (PFs) isolated
from sheep ovaries was investigated. Among the 12 different concentrations (0–1000 ng/mL) …

Contents The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of culture in isolated oviducts
relative to meiotic maturation, the time required to resume meiosis and the viability of the …

We studied the effects of mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF) and canine embryonic
fibroblasts (CEF) on IVM, IVF and IVC of canine oocytes. Cumulus-oocyte complexes were …