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Inter-breed ovum transfer in sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

G. L. Hunter ,
C. E. Adams  and
L. E. Rowson
G. L. Hunter
Affiliation:
University of Natal and School of Agriculture, University of Cambridge
C. E. Adams
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Unit of Animal Reproduction, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge
L. E. Rowson
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Unit of Animal Reproduction, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge
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Fertilized ova have been transferred from Border Leicester to Welsh Mountain ewes, and vice versa. The oestrous cycles of the ewes were synchronized by progesterone treatment, and donor ewes were super-ovulated with PMS. 68–90 hr. after the onset of oestrus in the donors, thirty-seven ova, representing 58% of the ovulations, were recovered in vivo from thirteen ewes. Nineteen ova were transferred to eighteen recipient ewes and a total of eight pure-bred lambs were born to ewes of the opposite breed.

Transfers resulted in pregnancy when oestrus in the recipients commenced from 16 hr. before to 20 hr. after that in the donors; two of the ova which developed to term were 4-cell, five were 8-cell and one was a 16-cell ovum at the time of transfer. Four out of seven and four out of eleven transfers, using blood serum and Ringer's solution respectively, resulted in the birth of lambs. Prior to transfer to the recipients seven of the ova which developed to term were exposed for 30–45 min. at room temperature, whilst one developed after exposure for 70 min.

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 46 , Issue 2 , August 1955 , pp. 143 - 149
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1955

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