A Preliminary Report of Laparoscopic Oocyte Collection in Ewe Lambs and Aged Ewes Treated with Follicle Stimulating Hormone During the Breeding Season;
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The potential application of in vitro embryo production (IVP) technologies partially depends on the development of reliable, repeatable and efficient techniques for recovery of oocytes from genetically valuable animals. While oocyte collection from living animals has been widely used in the bovine species, its exploitation in sheep has been limited (Galli et al., 2001). Most work reported in sheep has been accomplished with slaughterhouse-derived oocytes (Naitana et al., 1992; Guler et al., 2000; Gordon, 1997; Cognie, 1999).
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