In general, in vitro-matured oocytes and commercially available frozen semen are used for bovine intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), unlike ICSI in humans and experimental animals, which uses in vivo-matured oocytes and fresh semen. Bovine ICSI is also characterized by difficulties in pronuclear formation. Therefore, increasing in vitro development of produced ICSI embryos is considered to necessitate use of an artificial activation treatment after injection of motile sperm. However, because parthenogenetic embryos are found amongst produced ICSI embryos, it is necessary to establish a bovine ICSI protocol that leads to normal karyomorphism.
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1 October 2006
Present Status and Prospects for Bovine Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection with In Vitro-Matured Oocytes and Frozen Semen
Hitoshi Ushijima,
Takashi Nakane
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Journal of Mammalian Ova Research
Vol. 23 • No. 3
October 2006
Vol. 23 • No. 3
October 2006
Artificial activation
Frozen semen
In vitro-matured oocytes
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection