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Effect of open pulled straw (OPS) vitrification on the fertilization ability and developmental competence of porcine oocytes

Varga, Erika

Gardon, J. C.

Bali-Papp, Ágnes

AkadĂŠmiai KiadĂł

2006

SF Animal culture / ĂĄllattenyĂŠsztĂŠs

Freezing technologies are very important to preserve gametes and embryos of animals with a good pedigree or those having high genetic value. The aim of this work was to compare immature and in vitromatured porcine oocytes regarding their morphology and ability to be fertilised after vitrification by the open pulled straw (OPS) method. In four experiments 830 oocytes were examined. To investigate the effect of cumulus cells on oocyte survival after OPS vitrification, both denuded and cumulus-enclosed oocytes were vitrified at the germinal vesicle (GV) stage, then after vitrification they were matured in vitro. Besides, in vitromatured oocytes surrounded with a cumulus and those without a cumulus were also vitrified. The survival of oocytes was evaluated by their morphology. After in vitrofertilisation the rates of oocytes penetrated by spermatozoa were compared. Our results suggest that the vitrification/warming procedure is the most effective in cumulus-enclosed oocytes (22.35 Âą 1.75%). There was no difference between the order of maturation and vitrification in cumulus-enclosed oocytes, which suggests the importance of cumulus cells in protecting the viability of oocytes during cryopreservation.

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Varga, Erika and Gardon, J. C. and Bali-Papp, Ágnes (2006) Effect of open pulled straw (OPS) vitrification on the fertilization ability and developmental competence of porcine oocytes. ACTA VETERINARIA HUNGARICA, 54. pp. 107-116. ISSN 0236-6290

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doi:10.1556/AVet.54.2006.1.11