• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.292-299
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• 2000

Forty-four Javanese thin-tail ewes were used to study the effect of superovulation prior to mating and of ration quality on lamb birth weight at parturition. Twenty-two ewes weaning at least one lamb were used to measure lamb preweaning growth. Prior to mating, the experimental ewes were injected twice with prostaglandin, with an 11 d interval between injections to synchronize the estrous cycle. At the last prostaglandin injection, 24 ewes were also injected with 700 IU of pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) to stimulate superovulation and the remainder were injected with saline as control. During pregnancy and lactation, the experimental ewes were fed either on a low (12% CP and 65% TDN) or a high (15% CP and 75% TDN) quality ration. During lactation, the milk was collected twice a day and was refed to the lambs by bottle feeding immediately after collection. Superovulation or ration quality as a main factor did not significantly affect lamb birth weight. Litter size significantly affected lamb birth weight (p<0.05), and there was an interaction of superovulation and litter size. Nonsuperovulated ewes giving birth to multiple lambs had significantly lower average lamb birth weight (1.34 kg) as compared to those giving birth to a single lamb (1.97 kg) (p<0.05). However, superovulated ewes giving birth to multiple lambs had no significant difference in average lamb birth weight (1.68 kg) as compared to those giving birth to a single lamb (1.91 kg) (p>0.05). Superovulation of ewes prior to mating resulted in a significant improvement in lamb birth weight in the multiple litter size, without significant effect on average preweaning daily gain (p=0.07). Superovulation had a promising use in improving animal production through improvement of prenatal growth during pregnancy and milk production during lactation.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.211-216
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• 1996

A series of experiments were designed to determine the feasibility of single dose of FSH as an effective superovulation method in rabbits. The superovulation treatments examined comparatively were as follows: 1) a single injection of 100 IU PMSG, 2) Multiple injections of 1 IU Super-OV of 2X daily for 3 days, 3) Multiple injections of 6.6 rng Folltropin-V 2X daily for 3 days, 4) Multiple injections of 13.3 rng Folltropn-V l$\times$ daily for 3 days, 5) Single injection of 40 mg Folltropin-V solved in 10% PVP, and 6) Single injection of 40 mg Folltropin-V dissolved in 25% PVP. The results obtained were as follows: The nurnher of ovulation points in the single injection of 40 mg Folltropin-V dissolved in 25% PVP and multiple injections of 6.6 mg Folltropin-V 2X daily for 3 days was averaged 44.6 and 39.2, respectively, which were significantly (P<0.05) more than in a single dose of PMSG or multiple doses of Super-OV. The number of total ova recovered in the single injection of 40 mg Folltropin-V dissolved in 25% PVP and multiple injections of 6.6 mg Folltropin-V 2X daily for 3 days was averaged 30.4 and 25.9, respectively, which were significantly (P<0.05) more than in the single dose of PMSG or multiple doses of Super-OV. A similar result was obtained for the number of fertilized ova recovered from the above six treatments. From the above results it was concluded that a single injection of 40 mg Folltropin-V dissolved in 25% PVP could be an effective and simple method for superovulation in rabbits.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.127-137
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• 1998

This experiment was carried out to investigate the factors affecting superovulation in rabbits and to determine the effect of pFSH and PMSG on ovarian superovulatory responses and embryo production, and the effect of superovulation treatment with a single injection of pFSH dissolved in polyvinylpyrrolidone on the ovarian responses and the embryo quality. The results obtained were suonmerized as follows: Superovulatory response resulted in significantly (P<0.05) higher ovulation rates and more embryos in spring or autumn, compared with summer or winter. Repeated superovulatory treatments with PMSG leaded to a significantly(P<0.05) decreased number of total follicles and recovered ova. Superovulation with pFSH resulted in the higher number of ovulated follicles and recovered ova than with PMSG. A single subcutaneous injection of pFSH dissolved in 25% PVP resulted in the more ovulation points(33.2) and recovered embryos(30.2), which were comparable to the multiple injections of pFSH(44.8 vs 37.7).These results indicated that the treatment with a single injection of FSH dissolved in PVP was an efficient and simple alternative method to the conventional multiple FSH injections for superovulation in rabbits.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.207-212
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• 1998

본 연구는 한우에 있어서 다배란처리에 의한 체내 정상수정란의 생산효율을 극대화하기 위하여 PEG에 용해한 FSH의 1회 피하주사 방법이 현재 사용하고 있는 1일 2회 4일간 근육 주사방법을 대체할 수 있는지를 결정하기 위하여 실시하였다. 연구결과 다회 근육주사 방법과 비교하여 1회 피하주사 방법이 황체수, 총 회수란수 및 이식가능 수정란수에 있어서 현저히 증가 (P〈0.05)하였다. 따라서 한우에 있어서 PEG에 용해시킨 Folltropin-V의 1회 피하주사 방법이 효과적이라고 사료된다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.185-190
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• 2005

본 연구는 소에 있어서 다량의 수정란을 생산하여, 고능력의 유전인자를 조기에 확산할 수 있도록, 한우 공란우의 반복 과배란을 유도하여 안정적이고 효율적인 수정란 생산을 목적으로 실시하였으며, 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 한우 경산우 및 미경산우를 4회 반복적으로 과배란 처리하였을 때, 수정란 채란이 가능한 공란우는 $85.7\%,\;90.5\%,\;62.5\%,\; 100\%$였으며, 3회 처리시 다소 낮아, 약간의 유의차가 인정되었다(P<0.05). 2. 한우 경산우 및 미경산우를 4회 반복적으로 과배란 처리하였을 때, 수정란 회수는 각각 9.2개, 9.9개, 7.0개, 10.7개였으며, 이식 가능 수정란은 3.7개, 3.4개, 3.4개, 5.7개였다. 반복과배란 처리에 의한 이식 가능 수정란의 회수 율은 유의차가 인정되지 않았다. 3. 한우 공란우의 산차에 따른 수정란의 회수는 미경산우 6.0개였으며, $1\~4$산까지는 각각 8.7개, 11.4개, 9.9개, 7.6개였으며, 이식 가능 수정 란은 2.5개, 3.0개, 5.3개, 3.0개, 3.4개로 나타났으며, 미경산 및 1산차에서 약간 낮은 수준이었다(P<0.05). 이상의 결과로 한우 공란우는 경산우 및 미경산 우를 4회 연속 과배란 처리하여 수정란을 채취하여도 적정량의 수정란을 생산할 수 있었으며, 산차에 의한 수정란회수율에 있어서도 적정량의 수정란을 회수할 수 있으므로, 고능력의 한우 공란우를 알맞은 번식 및 사양관리를 통하여 유전능력을 최대한 이용할 수 있어, 수정란 이식 기술의 산업화를 안정적으로 시행할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.944-948
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• 2002

The aim of this study was to estimate heritability and repeatability for the number of embryos and transferable embryos collected per flush in Holstein population in Hokkaido, Japan. Data consisted of 306 MOET (Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer) treatments on 224 Holstein cows from 1997 to 2000. Variance components for these traits were estimated using the REML procedure. The model included only non-genetic factors that were significant at the 0.05 level, through using generalized linear models, maximum likelihood methods, and stepwise regression procedure as fixed effects and sire and residual for heritabilities, donor and residual for repeatabilities as random effects. The factor identified as important in determining the results was the donor''s estrous condition after superovulation. Heritabilities for the number of embryos and transferable embryos collected per flush were 0.14 and 0.09, respectively. The corresponding repeatabilities were 0.43 and 0.32, respectively. These results show that it was difficult to genetically improve these traits, thus, environmental and physical factors affecting the donor must be improved. These results also show that it is necessary to take the donor''s estrous condition after superovulation and repeatabilities for the number of embryos and transferable embryos collected per flush into account when the genetic gains and inbreeding rates for MOET breeding schemes are predicted by a computer simulation.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.1071-1086
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• 2003

Reproductive biotechnologies continue to be developed for genetic improvement of both river and swamp buffalo. Although artificial insemination using frozen semen emerged some decades back, there are still considerable limitations. The major problem appears to be the lack of efficient methods for estrus detection and timely insemination. Controlled breeding experiments in the buffalo had been limited and similar to those applied in cattle. Studies on multiple ovulation and embryo transfer are essentially a replica of those in cattle, however with inherent problems such as lower number of primordial follicles on the buffalo ovary, poor fertility and seasonality of reproduction, lower population of antral follicles at all stages of the estrous cycle, poor endocrine status and a high incidence of deep atresia in ovarian follicles, the response in terms of transferable embryo recovery has remained low with 0.51 to 3.0 per donor and pregnancy rates between 15 to 30%. In vitro production of buffalo embryos is a valid alternative to recovery of embryos by superovulation. This aspect received considerable attention during the past decade, however the proportion of embryos that develops to the blastocyst stage is still around 25-30% and hence the in vitro culture procedures need substantial improvement. Embryo cryopreservation procedures for direct transfer post thaw need to be developed for bubaline embryos. Nuclear transfer and embryo cloning is a technique that has received attention in various species during recent years and can be of immense value in buffaloes as they have a low rate of embryo recoveries by both in vitro and in vivo procedures. Gender pre-selection, genome analysis, gene mapping and gene transfer are a few of the techniques that have been studied to a limited extent during recent years and are likely to be included in future studies on buffaloes. Very recently, reproductive biotechnologies have been applied to feral buffaloes as well, but the results obtained so far are modest. When fully exploited they can play an important role in the preservation of endangered species.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.213-217
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• 1998

본 연구는 한우 다배란처리시 노동력을 절감하고 공란우의 스트레스를 방지하여 정상수정란을 안정적으로 생산할 수 있는 1회 주사시 FSH의 용해제의 종류와 농도를 선정하기 위하여 다양한 용매제에 용해시킨 1회 주사와 기존의 다회주사에 의한 난소반응을 비교 검토하였다. 1. 공란우에 다배란 처리후 발정유기는 처리 1과 7에서 100% 유기되었다. 2. 채란수와 정상수정란 수는 처리 1과 처리 7에서 (3.5, 2.9와 3.8, 3.5) 다른 처리구에 비해 유의하게 많았다(p〈0.05). 3. FSH 주사후 7일째 혈중 progesterone농도 역시 처리 1과 처리 7에서(6.19ng/ml, 7.54ng/ml) 다른 처리구에 비해 유의하게 높았다(p〈0.05).

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.317-322
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• 2005

본 연구는 젖소에 있어서 다량의 수정란을 생산하여, 고능력의 유전인자를 조기에 확산할 수 있도록, 젖소에 있어서 PEG를 이용하여 과배란 처리기법 확립을 위해 실시하였으며, 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 성선자극호르몬의 처리 방법에 따른 황체반응은 Folltropin 단독처리시 $5.8\%$, Folltropin+EB는 $20.6\%$, Folltropin+PEG는 $24.0\%$로 나타났으며, 유의적인 차이를 보였다(p<0.01). 2. 성선자극호르몬의 처리 방법에 따른 이식 가능 수정란 수에 미치는 영향은 Folltropin V 단독처리시 3.6개, Folltropin +EB 처리시 3.3개, Folltropin +PEG 8,000 처리시 2.8개이었으며, 유의적인 차이를 나타내지 않았다(p<0.01). 3. 성선자극호르몬의 처리방법에 따른 퇴행란과 미수정 란 Folltropin+EB와 Folltropin+PEG 처리구에서 Folltropin 단독처리보다 많이 회수되었으며,배반포 수정란의 수에 있어서는 처리간에 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 이상의 결과는 임의의 발정주기에 CIDR 삽입후 Folltropin의 1일 2회 4일간의 분할 투여법 뿐만 아니라 Folltropin을 PEG로 용해하여 1회 투여법을 이용한 과배란 처리기법도 젖소 공란우에서 수정란의 생산이 가능함을 보여준다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2014

Laparoscopic ovum pick-up (LOPU) is a convenient method for collecting oocytes in small ruminants. LOPU has the advantage of being a less invasive means of oocyte collection, thereby allowing for a repeated usage of the oocyte donor animals. A total of 25 Korean black goats were used in the winter season (December to February) and LOPU was applied to the goats which had been treated for superovulation more than two times during the last twelve months. Estrus was synchronized with an intravaginal insert containing 0.3 g progesterone for 10 to 12 days. Ovaries were hyperstimulated with eCG 1,000 IU oneshot, FSH with eCG (50 mg / 1,000 IU; 70 mg / 500 IU; 70 mg / 1,000 IU) oneshot or FSH multiple-shot with eCG oneshot ($20mg{\times}6/300IU$) given intramuscularly 72 h prior to LOPU. For these groups, the number of follicles (mean ${\pm}$ SEM) observed which developed to larger than 2 mm in diameter were $1.6{\pm}2.5$, $4.3{\pm}3.1$, $5.5{\pm}4.2$, $6.6{\pm}2.1$ and $8.8{\pm}7.8$, respectively. Oocytes were aspirated by using OPU needles and a vacuum pump. The overall oocyte retrieval rates were 41.4%. Oocytes were matured in TCM-199 supplemented with 10% (w/v) bovine serum albumin + $10{\mu}g/ml$ FSH + $1{\mu}g/ml$ $17{\beta}$-estradiol for 27 h at $39^{\circ}C$ in 5% $CO_2$ in air. Oocytes were parthenogenetically activated by ionomycin combined with 6-diethylaminopurine (6-DMAP). Total oocyte maturation and cleavage rate were 67.3% and 78.8%, respectively. In summary, LOPU is a useful oocyte collection method in Korean black goats that can provide immature oocytes for transgenesis or nuclear transfer.