title: Administration of prostaglandin F2alpha for the recovery of fertilized eggs from the vaginas of rabbits.
abstract: Nonsurgical recovery of fertilized eggs from the vaginas of prostaglandin F2alpha (PGF2alpha)-treated rabbits was attempted. Eighty-two eggs were collected by the vaginal washing method, and the earliest egg was recovered 20 hours after mating. Twenty eggs recovered vaginally 24 to 107 hours after mating were transferred to six synchronized, pseudopregnant rabbits to test the viability of the eggs; four newborns, two fetuses, and one implantation site were obtained. These results indicate that some viable eggs are discharged into the vaginas of rabbits treated with PGF2alpha.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010063:Ovum / Q000637:transplantation; D010066:Ovum Transport / Q000187:drug effects*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014621:Vagina / Q000187:drug effects*; D015053:Zygote
chemical_list: D011460:Prostaglandins F