Contents In vitro fertilization (IVF) of in vitro matured (IVM) oocytes in pigs has become the
most popular method of studying gametogenesis and embryogenesis in this species …

Pigs show economic importance and physiological similarities to humans. For this reason,
the in vitro production (IVP) of swine embryos is an important biotechnological tool …

Contents Recent advances in new technologies to produce cloned and genetically modified
pigs involve manipulating oocytes and/or embryos in vitro. Although a great deal of progress …

Department of Reproductive Biotechnology and Cryopreservation, National Research
Institute of Animal Production, 32-083 Balice n. Kraków, Poland Corresponding author …

In vitro production (IVP) including in vitro maturation (IVM) and fertilization (IVF) is now an
important technology for obtaining live piglets. However, there are still two significant …

In addition to their major role in food production, pigs have become an increasingly
important species in biomedical applications involving the production of pharmaceutical …

Porcine embryos have become raw materials for different programmes of reproductive
biotechnology and the in vitro production of embryos has some advantages over in vivo …

Assisted reproduction technology (ART) protocols are used in livestock for the improvement
and preservation of their genetics and to enhance reproductive efficiency. In the case of …

In vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) are highly specialized
procedures used for artificial production of successive generations of domestic animals …

Considerable progress has been made in the in vitro production of pig embryos using
improved methods for in vitro maturation(IVM) and fertilization(IVF). Despite the progress …