A wide variety of assisted reproductive techniques (ART s) are available to aid in managing
aspects of equine reproduction. Embryo recovery and transfer can be used to obtain more …

In 1996, when Dolly the sheep was born, a new, utopian era was expected to begin. Science
fiction and popular culture instantly threatened the public with shortly upcoming human …

The cloning of horses is a commercial reality, yet the availability of oocytes for cloned
embryo production remains a major limitation. Immature oocytes collected from abattoir …

Several equids have gone extinct and many extant equids are currently considered
vulnerable to critically endangered. This work aimed to evaluate whether domestic horse …

Interest in equine somatic cell nuclear transfer technology has increased significantly since
the first equid clones were produced in 2003. This is demonstrated by the multiple …

Introduction Cell plasticity is crucial in cloning to allow an efficient nuclear reprogramming
and healthy offspring. Hence, cells with high plasticity, such as multipotent mesenchymal …

The demand for equine cloning as a tool to preserve high genetic value is growing
worldwide; however, nuclear transfer efficiency is still very low. To address this issue, we first …

In this study, we analyzed the effects of the cloned embryo aggregation on in vitro embryo
development and embryo quality by measuring blastocyst diameter and cell number, DNA …

Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a useful technology; however, its efficiency is low. In
this study, we investigated the effects of cytoplasmic transfer into enucleated oocytes on the …

Contents The aim of this study was to evaluate three different cloning strategies in the
domestic cat (Felis silvestris) and to use the most efficient to generate wild felid embryos by …