… of pig embryos in vitro has only recently been achieved. Many of the conditions for in vitro
production of embryos … The major problems of in vitro production of pig embryos have included …

… of embryos for transfer into sows in 5 commercial pig herds (Table 1). A total of 751 embryos
… Unfortunately successful longterm preservation of pig embryos, for example by freezing or …

… The establishment of routine and production scale pig embryo in … embryos could be
produced from the gametes of selected elite. Here we review the most recent developments in pig …

… Despite the progress in the IVP of pig embryos, the methodologies involved with IVM–IVF–IVC
need to be improved to overcome the polyspermy as well as to enhance oocyte …

… transfer embryos into the uterus transcervically. An initial experiment in 1968 by Polge and
Day (24), in which pig embryos were … Practical considerations for the in vitro production of pig …

… pigs, the potential use of embryos for biomedicine is being followed with great interest by the
scientific community. Owing to the physiological similarities with humans, embryos … embryo. …

… considerations to take into account when embryo cryopreservation is used: how to select
the best embryos for … that ET activity of cryopreserved embryos is increasing, mainly in pigs. …

… pig sperm and embryos. Currently, artificial insemination (AI) in swine industry depends
mainly on liquid stored semen. Although frozen sperm is also being used in some circumstances…

… Moreover, the pig embryo may arguably be the large domestic species that has been
most rigorously studied in vitro partly due to its importance as in biomedicine, but also for its …

Veterinary surgeons and practical pig farmers need to be aware of a condition that can have
important deleterious consequences in a breeding herd. The animals in question have …