Artificial reproduction of the Yangtze field vole: in vitro embryo development and fertilization with fresh and freeze-thawed sperm.
Several research groups are using the Yangtze field vole as a model for studying schistosome infection, but relatively little is known about the species's reproductive physiology. The authors examined the vole's in vivo and in vitro embryonic development as well as the efficacy of in vitro fertilization using either fresh or cryopreserved sperm to breed these rodents.
Liu
Li-Jun
LJ
Shanghai Laboratory Animal Center, Chinese Academy of Sinica, Shanghai 201615, P.R. China. junll99@slaccas.com
Xu
Ping
P
Gu
Jian-Zhong
JZ
Fu
Jie
J
Si
En
E
Xie
En
E
D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000196:embryology / Q000502:physiology*; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000592:standards / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010062:Ovulation Induction / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D011247:Pregnancy; D012662:Semen Preservation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*