title: Technical note: Vitrification of goat embryos by the open pulled-straw method.
abstract: The suitability of the open pulled-straw (OPS) method for vitrifying bovine embryos was tested for goat embryos. Of 14 does receiving OPS-vitrified embryos, all became pregnant and 13 (93%) kidded. The corresponding values for an established conventional freezing program were 58% pregnant and 50% (6/12) kidding. Overall embryo survival amounted to 64% (18/28) for OPS-vitrified and 42% (10/24) for conventionally frozen embryos. All differences were statistically significant. It is concluded that OPS vitrification is a suitable method for cryopreserving caprine d-7 blastocysts.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Animal Husbandry and Genetics, University of Goettingen, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Gayar
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Holtz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000502:physiology*; D002470:Cell Survival; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D004624:Embryo Transfer / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats / Q000196:embryology*; D008098:Litter Size; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D012744:Sex Ratio