title: Embryo Transfer (Techniques, Donors, and Recipients).
abstract: Commercial embryo transfer has evolved as an art and as a science since the early 1970s. Today's multiple ovulation embryo transfer is a widely used reproductive tool on many farms and is performed by veterinarians throughout the world. Propagation of the female genomes of select donors, through embryo transfer, has allowed a rapid progression of genetic gain in many breeds, much like what happened with artificial insemination since the 1940s. Advancement of this technology is migrating to in vitro fertilization technology today, allowing a higher volume of offspring to be produced with sex selection in the laboratory.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2434 LVMC, Ames, IA 50011, USA. Electronic address: ovadoc@iastate.edu.
authors.forename: Patrick E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2428 LVMC, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
authors.forename: Marianna M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Jahnke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000502:physiology*; D004624:Embryo Transfer / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000662:veterinary; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology*; D000068618:Selective Breeding
keywords: Bovine; Donor; Embryo transfer; In vitro maturation/In vitro fertilization; MOET; Recipient