Cryopreservation of canine embryos |
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Authors: | Abe Yasuyuki Suwa Yoshinori Asano Tomoyoshi Ueta Yoshiko Yanagimoto Kobayashi Nanae Ohshima Natsumi Shirasuna Saori Abdel-Ghani Mohammed Ali Oi Maya Kobayashi Yoshiyasu Miyoshi Masafumi Miyahara Kazuro Suzuki Hiroshi |
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Institution: | Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan. |
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Abstract: | The assisted reproductive techniques (ARTs) such as in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer, and cryopreservation of gametes have contributed considerably to the development of biomedical sciences in addition to improving infertility treatments in humans as well as the breeding of domestic animals. However, ARTs used in canine species have strictly limited utility when compared with other mammalian species, including humans. Although successful somatic cell cloning has been reported, artificial insemination by frozen semen to date is only available for the improved breeding and reproduction for companion and working dogs as well as guide dogs for the blind. We describe here the successful cryopreservation of embryos and subsequent embryo transfer in dogs. Canine embryos were collected from excised reproductive organs after artificial insemination and subsequently cryopreserved by a vitrification method. When the 4-cell to morula stage of cryopreserved embryos were nonsurgically transferred into the uteri of nine recipient bitches using a cystoscope, five recipients became pregnant and four of them delivered a total of seven pups. The cryopreservation of embryos in canine species will facilitate the transportation and storage of genetic materials and will aid in the elimination of vertically transmitted diseases in dogs. In addition, this technique will contribute to the improved breeding of companion and working dogs such as guide dogs, drug-detecting dogs, and quarantine dogs. |
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