The pig is an important livestock animal. Biotechnological interest in this species has
increased due to its use, among others, in the generation of transgenic animals for use in …

Human assisted reproductive technology procedures are routinely performed in clinics
globally, and some of these approaches are now common in other mammals such as cattle …

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 …

Contents Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the development and/or in
the improvement of emerging reproductive technologies in pigs. Among emerging …

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 …

Contents Biotechnology in livestock comprises an arsenal of reproductive biotechniques
and molecular genetics. While molecular genetics are poorly developed in swine …

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

The utilization of in vitro produced pig embryos for commercial production or research is
dependent upon the development of improved methodology. Our objective was to establish …

Generating porcine embryos in vitro is a critical process for creating genetically modified
pigs as agricultural and biomedical models; however, these embryo technologies have been …

Embryo transfer in swine (ETS) has been used for commercial and breeding application only
to a limited extent. However this technique is an essential prerequisite for the application of …