Intra uterine survival and growth of Wistar and Wistar x Brown Norway rat embryos |
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Authors: | Nagai J Watanabe S Kobayashi J Sugawara S |
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Institution: | Department of Reproduction, Faculty of Agriculture Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Embryos of the Wistar strain and its F(1) cross (Wistar females mated with Brown Norway males) of rats were transferred nonsurgically to 48 Wistar, 17 F(1) cross and 20 Wistar-Imamichi recipients. The two types of embryos were transferred together to each recipient to compare the viability of the embryos. Pregnancy rate was 78.8% (67 85 ). The survival rate of fetuses to term was 11.5% (20 174 ) and 25.1% (42 168 ) for the Wistar and F(1) embryos, respectively. Placental weight differed significantly (P<0.05) between embryo types and among recipient types while fetus weight differed (P<0.01) only among recipient types, with a significant interaction between recipient and embryo types (P<0.01). It was concluded that the F(1) embryos (Wistar x Brown Norway) were twice as viable as Wistar embryos under the conditions provided. |
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Keywords: | embryo viability heterosis rats Wistar |
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