Commercial embryo transfer (ET) has unprecedented productive and economic implications
for the pig sector. However, pig ET has been considered utopian for decades mainly …

Oviductal extracellular vesicles (oEVs) have been identified as important components of the
oviductal fluid (OF) and have been pointed to as key modulators of gamete/embryo-maternal …

Cryopreservation is a modern technique which assists in the preservation of genetic material
from oocytes and embryos for a long time. However, elevated vulnerability to …

The presence of fetal calf serum in culture medium influences embryo quality, causing a
reduction in postcryopreservation survival. Forskolin has been used to induce lipolysis and …

The use of pH-stable media would simplify embryo vitrification and the warming of porcine
embryos and might facilitate the application of embryo transfer in practice. In this work, we …

The vitrification of embryos is common practice in advanced livestock breeding programs
and in human fertility clinics. Recent studies have revealed that vitrification results in …

Background Currently, there is a high demand for efficient pig embryo cryopreservation
procedures in the porcine industry as well as for genetic diversity preservation and research …

Mammalian oocytes resume meiosis spontaneously after removal from the ovarian follicle.
We tested the effects of a 2-h prematuration treatment (Pre-IVM) with forskolin (FSK) and 3 …

The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of l-ascorbic acid on embryo quality
and gene expression of porcine blastocysts after supplementations of in vitro culture …

The aim of this study was to determine the optimum conditions for vitrifying in vitro produced
day 7 porcine embryos using different vitrification devices and blastocoele collapse …