Background: The study was carried out to investigate the relationship between the development potential and the diameter of ovine oocytes. Materials and Methods: Ovaries collected from a local abattoir were transported to the laboratory within 1-3 h of slaughter. The oocytes from follicles (2-6 mm in diameter) were recovered by aspiration and stored in a preincubated (at 38.6 C, 5% CO2 and maxi...

BACKGROUND The basal medium that supports Isolated Mouse Oviduct (IMO) is important for supporting embryo development and quality. METHODS The culture of ovine IVM/IVF zygotes was done in IMO using SOFaaciBSA and SOFaaBSA as basal medium of IMO and in SOFaaBSA alone as control. For preparation of IMO mature inbred strain C57BL/6 female mice were synchronized and mated with vasectomized males....

The aim of this study was to compare the effect of time of parthenogenetic activation (22 hr versus 27 hr after In Vitro Maturation-IVM) on in vitro development of ovine oocytes using either single (Ionomycin 5 µM for 5 min or Ethanol 7% for 7 min) or combined (ionomycin and ethanol with 6-DMAP 2 mM for 3 hr) activation treatments. The abattoir-derived in vitro matured activated oocytes were cu...

background: this study was aimed to assess the effects of angiotensin ii (ang ii) supplementation to the in vitro maturation (ivm) and in vitro culture (ivc) media of vitrified-warmed ovine oocytes on their developmental competence and expression of na+/k+/atpase in resulting embryos. methods: the slaughterhouse-derived immature oocytes (n=1069) were randomly distributed into four experimental ...

Background: This study was designed to respond to the controversy regarding the necessity of oocyte activation after the ICSI procedure for normal embryo development in sheep. Materials and Methods: The effect of chemical stimulation with either 5mM ionomycin (I) for 5 minutes or ionomycin + 2 mM 6-dimethylaminopurine (6-DMAP) for 3 hours on the efficiency of ICSI, was compared in six experimen...

The present study was undertaken to investigate the possible stimulating effects of Nigella sativa (N. sativa) honey, natural Saudi Sider and honeybee pollen in vitro maturation (IVM) medium sheep oocytes on their subsequent development. Hence, immature were exposed various concentrations sativa), honey (5, 10, 20%), as well (1, 50 μg/ml) during an period (24 hours). After exposure time, rate, ...

background: the cells of mammalian female reproductive tract have been widely used for in vitro fertilization (ivf). this study was designed to study the effects of oviductal epithelial cells (oecs) and their conditioned medium during ivf on subsequent embryonic development and the relative abundance of zygote arrest 1 (zar1) transcript in ovine zygotes. methods: the in vitro matured ovine oocy...