Commercial freezing of bovine embryos in straws |
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Authors: | Joseph M Wright |
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Institution: | Medina Valley Veterinary Services, P.C. P.O. Box 598 Castroville, Texas 78009 USA |
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Abstract: | Bovine embryos were frozen commercially in clear double length cc French straws with the wick and powder plug in the center of the straw. One-half of the double length straw serves as a handle and contains a color coded cc straw around which an adhesive backed label has been applied. After plunging into liquid nitrogen, straws are transferred into goblets on canes while under liquid nitrogen. The straws are stored in the liquid phase of a nitrogen tank and canes containing straws are not transferred from one container to another unless the goblet containing the straws is full of liquid nitrogen.Embryos held for longer than 4 hours after collection prior to freezing showed a steady decline in pregnancy rate related to the length of time held prior to freezing. The percentage of embryos thawed and then evaluated as being transferrable was related to the quality of the embryos prior to freeze (Grade 1–93.6%, Grade 2–87.0%, Grade 3–63.8%). There was no statistical difference in pregnancy rates obtained from prefreeze Grade 1 embryos when comparing advanced blastocysts (45.2%), blastocysts (38.7%), early blastoclyst (43.1%) and advanced morula (41.6%). |
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