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Egashira J, Ihara Y, Khatun H, Wada Y, Konno T, Tatemoto H, Yamanaka KI. Efficient in vitro embryo production using in vivo-matured oocytes from superstimulated Japanese Black cows. J Reprod Dev 2019; 65:183-190. [PMID: 30745496 PMCID: PMC6473104 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2018-155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We examined whether the use of in vivo-matured oocytes, collected by ovum pick-up (OPU) from superstimulated Japanese Black cows, can improve the productivity and quality of in vitro produced embryos. The cows were superstimulated by treatment with progesterone, GnRH, FSH and prostaglandin F2α according to a standardized protocol. The resulting in vivo-matured oocytes were collected by OPU and used subsequently for the other experiments. The immature oocytes from cows in the non-stimulated group were collected by OPU and then subjected to maturation in vitro. We found that the rate of normally distributed cortical granules of the matured oocyte cytoplasm in the superstimulated group was significantly higher than that in the non-stimulated group. The normal cleavage rate (i.e., production of embryos with two equal blastomeres without fragmentation) and freezable blastocyst rate were significantly higher in the superstimulated group than in the non-stimulated group. Among the transferable blastocysts, the ratio of embryos from normal cleavage was also significantly higher in the superstimulated group than in the non-stimulated group. For in vivo-matured oocytes, it was observed that the pregnancy rates were significantly higher when normally cleaved embryos were used for transfer. Taken together, these results suggest that high-quality embryos with respect to developmental kinetics can be efficiently produced with the use of in vivo-matured oocytes collected by OPU from superstimulated Japanese Black cows.
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- Junki Egashira
- Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan.,The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.,Saga Prefectural Livestock Experiment Station, Saga 849-2305, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan.,The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.,Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan.,The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.,Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.,Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan.,The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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Friedman E, Roth Z, Voet H, Lavon Y, Wolfenson D. Progesterone supplementation postinsemination improves fertility of cooled dairy cows during the summer. J Dairy Sci 2012; 95:3092-9. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-5017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2011] [Accepted: 02/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Kawate N, Watanabe K, Uenaka K, Takahashi M, Inaba T, Tamada H. Comparison of plasma concentrations of estradiol-17β and progesterone, and conception in dairy cows with cystic ovarian diseases between Ovsynch and Ovsynch plus CIDR timed AI protocols. J Reprod Dev 2011; 57:267-72. [PMID: 21242655 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.10-066t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The objectives of this study were 1) to determine the effects of adding a CIDR to the Ovsynch protocol on plasma concentrations of estradiol-17β and progesterone and conception in dairy cows with cystic ovarian diseases and 2) to examine associations among the estradiol-17β and progesterone concentrations and conception. Cows were diagnosed as having cystic ovarian diseases if they were found to have a cystic follicle (diameter ≥25 mm) without a corpus luteum by two palpations per rectum with an interval for 7 to 14 days. They were treated with either the Ovsynch (GnRH on Day 0, PGF(2α) on Day 7 and GnRH on Day 9, with AI on Day 10; n=15) or Ovsynch+CIDR protocol (Ovsynch protocol plus a CIDR from Day 0 to Day 7; n=23). Plasma estradiol-17β concentrations were determined on Days 0, 7 and 9, and plasma progesterone concentrations were determined on Days 0, 7, 9 and 17. The plasma estradiol-17β and progesterone concentrations at all of the days examined and conception rates did not differ significantly between the two timed AI protocols. The progesterone concentrations on Day 17 and conception rates were lower (P<0.05) for cows with low concentrations of estradiol-17β (<2 pg/ml) on Day 9 than for cows with high concentrations of estradiol-17β (≥2 pg/ml). The present study suggests that, in dairy cows with cystic ovarian diseases, addition of a CIDR to the Ovsynch protocol had no remarkable effects on plasma estradiol-17β and progesterone concentrations during and after the treatments or on conception after timed AI. This study indicates that the low plasma estradiol-17β concentration at the second administration of GnRH in the protocols can be a predictor for impaired luteal formation and lower likelihood of pregnancy in dairy cows with cystic ovarian diseases.
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- Noritoshi Kawate
- Department of Advanced Pathobiology, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan.
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Kawate N, Sakase M, Watanabe K, Fukushima M, Noda M, Takeda K, Ueno S, Inaba T, Kida K, Tamada H, Sawada T. Ovsynch plus CIDR protocol for timed embryo transfer in suckled postpartum Japanese Black beef cows. J Reprod Dev 2007; 53:811-7. [PMID: 17446660 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.18097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We compared synchronization and pregnancy rates, and the increase in blood progesterone concentrations during luteal development, between (1) Ovsynch plus an intravaginal controlled internal drug release (CIDR) device protocol followed by timed embryo transfer (timed ET), and (2) a conventional estrus synchronization method using PGF(2 alpha) and ET in suckled postpartum Japanese Black beef cows. Cows in the PGF group (n=18) received a PGF(2 alpha) analogue when a CL was first palpated per rectum at 10-d intervals after 1 to 2 month postpartum. Cows (n=11), which showed estrus (Day 0) within 5 d of the PGF(2 alpha), and had a CL on Day 7, received ET. Cows in the Ovsynch+CIDR group (n=19) underwent the Ovsynch protocol plus a CIDR for 7 d (GnRH analogue and CIDR on Day-9, PGF(2alpha) analogue with CIDR removal on Day-2, and GnRH analogue on Day 0), with ET on Day 7. The ovulation synchronization (100%) and embryo transfer (100%) rates in the Ovsynch+CIDR group were greater (P<0.01) than the estrus synchronization (66.7%) and the embryo transfer (61.1%) rates in the PGF group. The postpartum interval at ET in the Ovsynch+CIDR group (62.5 +/- 2.5 d) was shorter (P<0.01) than in the PGF group (74.9 +/- 3.9 d). The pregnancy rate in the Ovsynch+CIDR group (57.9%) did not differ significantly from that in the PGF group (50.0%). Plasma progesterone concentrations were not significantly different in the two groups on Days 0, 1, 2, 5, 7, 14 and 21. In summary, higher synchronization and transfer rates, and shorter postpartum interval to ET, can be achieved with timed ET following the Ovsynch plus CIDR protocol than after estrus with the single PGF(2 alpha) treatment followed by ET in suckled postpartum recipient beef cows. Pregnancy rates were similar. Also, the increase in blood progesterone concentrations during luteal development following ovulation synchronized by the Ovsynch plus CIDR protocol was similar to that after estrus induced by the PGF(2 alpha) treatment.
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- Noritoshi Kawate
- Department of Advanced Pathobiology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan.
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