title: Artificial reproduction of the Yangtze field vole: in vitro embryo development and fertilization with fresh and freeze-thawed sperm.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Laboratory Animal Center, Chinese Academy of Sinica, Shanghai 201615, P.R. China. junll99@slaccas.com
authors.forename: Li-Jun
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jian-Zhong
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: En
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Si
authors.forename: En
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: 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*