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Pregnancy rates of cooled, transported equine embryos
Author(s) -
COOK V. M.,
SQUIRES E. L.,
McKIN A. O.,
BAILEY J.,
LONG P. L.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
equine veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.82
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 2042-3306
pISSN - 0425-1644
DOI - 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1989.tb04684.x
Subject(s) - embryo , embryo transfer , pregnancy rate , pregnancy , andrology , biology , embryo cryopreservation , zoology , medicine , genetics
Summary The ability to collect embryos and transfer them to another location has many advantages. The results of a field trial on the fertility of embryos cooled and stored in an Equitainer and transported by commercial airline to Colorado State University are presented. Time from embryo collection to transfer was generally less than 12 h, but ranged from 5 to 24 h. Cooling, storage at 5°C and/or transportation of embryos had no effect on embryo size and quality. Pregnancy rates at 15 and 50 days were similar (P>0.05) for fresh control embryos (20 of 26 and 17 of 26) compared to cooled embryos (20 of 24 and 18 of 24).