title: [In vitro dissection and development of sheep embryos after preservation at very low temperature (-196 degrees C)].
abstract: Embryos obtained from Sardinian breed ewes superovulated with FSH-p (Sigma) were frozen at -196 degrees C in liquid nitrogen. After 6 months storage, the embryos (12, all at the compact morula stage), were thawed in a water bath at 39 degrees C for 30 minutes. Six embryos were dissected with a Leitz micromanipulator using a simplified technique. Both demi and intact embryos, were cultured in medium TCM 199 + 10% FCS at 38 degrees C in 5% CO2 for 24 hours. Only five demi-embryos (41.6%) became blastocysts versus 4 whole embryos (66.6%) after the culture period. Splitting as our results show, lowers the embryo viability after freezing-thawing, but it can be used in certain instances to obtain genetic improvement in the Sardinian breed.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Fisiologia Veterinaria, Università di Sassari.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Filia
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ledda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Branca
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fadda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst; D015925:Cryopreservation; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000601:surgery; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D012756:Sheep / Q000196:embryology*; D014022:Tissue Survival
vernacular_title: Bisezione e sviluppo in vitro di embrioni di ovino dopo conservazione a bassissime temperature (-196 gradi C).