Comparisons of Culture of Chinese Meishan with Yorkshire Pig Embryos in vitro: Effects of Protein Supplementation and Development

References

• Archibong , A. E. , Petters , R. M. and Johnson , B. H. 1989 . Development of porcine embryos from one- and two-cell stages to blastocysts in culture medium supplemented with porcine oviductal fluid . Biol. Reprod. , 41 : 1076 – 1083 .
   Google Scholar
• Batt , P. A. and Miller , B. G. 1988 . Development of sheep embryos in vitro in a medium supplemented with different batches of serum albumin . Aust. J. Biol. Sci. , 41 : 371 – 376 .
   Google Scholar
• Batt , P. A. , Gardner , D. K. and Cameron , A. W.N. 1991 . Oxygen concentration and protein source affect the development of preimplantation goat embryos in vitro . Reprod. Fertil. Dev. , 3 : 601 – 607 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Beckmann , L. S. and Day , B. N. 1993 . Effects of media NaCl concentration and osmolarity on the culture of early-stage porcine embryos and the viability of embryos cultured in a selected superior medium . Theriogenology , 39 : 611 – 622 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Chatot , C. L. , Ziomek , C. A. , Bavister , B. D. , Lewis , J. L. and Torres , I. 1989 . An improved culture medium supports development of random-brdl-cell mouse embryos in vitro . J. Reprod. Fertil , 86 : 679 – 688 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Davis , D. L. 1985 . Culture and storage of pig embryos . J. Reprod. Fertil., Suppl , 33 : 115 – 124 .
   Google Scholar
• Davis , D. L. and Day , B. N. 1978 . Cleavage and blastocyst formation by pig eggs in vitro . J. Anim. Sci. , 46 : 1043 – 1053 .
   Google Scholar
• Dobrinsky , J. R. , Johnson , L. A. and Rath , D. 1996 . Development of a culture medium (BECM-3) for porcine embryos: Effects of bovine serum albumin and fetal bovine serum on embryo development . Biol. Reprod. , 55 : 1069 – 1074 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Eberhardt , D. M. , Henricks , D. M. , Dickey , J. F. and Diehl , J. R. 1994 . Oviductal fluid and growth factors failed to enhance development of porcine embryos . Theriogenology , 41 : 1163 – 1172 .
   Google Scholar
• Flood , M. R. and Wiebold , J. L. 1988 . Glucose metabolism by preimplantation pig embryos . J. Reprod. Fertil. , 84 : 7 – 12 .
   Google Scholar
• Gerfen , R. W. 1993 . Embryonic development and semen characteristics of Chinese and American swine , Thesis (Master in Animal Sciences) 100 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign .
   Google Scholar
• Hagen , D. R. , Prather , R. S. , Sims , M. M. and First , N. L. 1991 . Development of one-cell porcine embryos to the blastocyst stage in simple media . J. Anim. Sci. , 69 : 1147 – 1150 .
   Google Scholar
• Jarrell , V. L. , Day , B. N. and Prather , R. S. 1991 . The transistion from maternal to zygotic control of development occurs during the 4-cell stage in the domestic pig, Sus scrofa: Quantitative and qualitative aspects of protein synthesis . Biol. Reprod. , 44 : 62 – 68 .
   Google Scholar
• Kane , M. T. 1983 . Variability in different lots of commercial bovine serum albumin affects cell multiplication and hatching of rabbit blastocysts in culture . J. Reprod. Fertil. , 69 : 555 – 558 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Krisher , R. L. , Petters , R. M. , Johnson , B. H. , Bavister , B. D. and Archibong , A. E. 1989 . Development of porcine embryos from the one-cell stage to blastocyst in mouse oviducts maintained in organ culture . J. Exp. Zool. , 249 : 235 – 239 .
   Google Scholar
• Meyen , B. A. , Rosenkrans , C. F. and Davis , D. L. 1989 . Development of pig blastocysts in vitro is altered by serum, bovine serum albumin and amino acids and vitamins . Theriogenology , 31 : 463 – 471 .
   Google Scholar
• Misener , M. , Pollard , J. W. and Metzger , K. 1991 . In vitro culture of porcine embryos in CZB medium . Theriogenology , 5 : 244 (Abstr.)
   Google Scholar
• Miyano , T. , Hiro-Okal , R. E. , Kano , K. , Miyake , M. , Kusunoki , H. and Kato , S. 1994 . Effects of hyaluronic acid on the development of 1- and 2-cell porcine embryos to the blastocyst stage in vitro . Theriogenology , 41 : 1299 – 1305 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Petters , R. M. , Johnson , B. H. , Reed , M. L. and Archibong , A. E. 1990 . Glucose, glutamine and inorganic phosphate in early development of the pig embryo in vitro . J. Reprod. Fertil. , 89 : 269 – 275 .
   Google Scholar
• Petters , R. M. and Wells , K. D. 1993 . Culture of pig embryos . J. Reprod. Fertil., Suppl. , 48 : 61 – 73 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Pollard , J. W. , Plante , C. and Leibo , S. P. 1995 . Comparison of development of pig zygotes and embryos in simple and complex culture media . J. Reprod. Fertil , 103 : 331 – 337 .
   Google Scholar
• Prather , R. S. , Sims , M. M. and First , N. L. 1991 . Culture of porcine embryos from the one- and two-cell stage to the blastocyst stage in sheep oviducts . Theriogenology , 35 : 1147 – 1151 .
   Google Scholar
• Reed , M. L. , Illera , M. J. and Petters , R. M. 1991 . In vitro culture of pig embryos . Theriogenology , 37 : 95 – 109 .
   Google Scholar
• Robl , J. M. and Davis , D. L. 1981 . Effects of serum on swine morulae and blastocysts in vitro . J. Anim. Sci. , 52 : 1450 – 1456 .
   Google Scholar
• Rorie , R. W. , Miller , G. F. , Nasti , K. B. and McNew , R. W. 1994 . In vitro development of bovine embryos as affected by different lots of bovine serum albumin and citrate . Theriogenology , 42 : 397 – 403 .
   Google Scholar
• Rosenkrans , C. F. , Davis , D. L. and Milliken , G. 1989 . Pig blastocyst development in vitro is affected by amino acids . J. Anim. Sci. , 67 : 1503 – 1508 .
   Google Scholar
• Stone , B. A. , Quinn , P. and Seamark , R. F. 1984 . Energy and protein sources for development of pig embryos cultured beyond hatching in vitro . Anim. Reprod. Sci. , 7 : 405 – 412 .
   Google Scholar
• White , K. L. , Hehnke , K. , Rickords , R. L. , Southern , L. L. , Thompson , D. L. and Wood , T. C. 1989 . Early embryonic development in vitro by coculture with oviductal epithelial cells in pigs . Biol. Reprod. , 41 : 425 – 430 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wright , R. W. Jr . 1977 . Successful culture in vitro of swine embryos to the blastocyst stage . J. Anim. Sci. , 44 : 854 – 858 .
   Google Scholar
• Youngs , C. R. and McGinnis , L. K. 1990 . In vitro culture of porcine embryos in Whitten's medium containing varying levels of glucose and bovine serum albumin (BSA) . Biol. Reprod. , 42 ( Suppl. 1 ) : 58 (Abstr.)
   Google Scholar
• Youngs , C. R. , Ford , S. P. , McGinnis , L. K. and Anderson , L. H. 1993 . Investigations into the control of litter size in swine. I. Comparative studies on in vitro development of Meishan and Yorkshire preimplantation embryos . J. Anim. Sci. , 71 : 1561 – 1565 .
   Google Scholar