IN VITRO CULTURE OF BOVINE EMBRYOS

摘要

The disclosure herein describes a bovine embryo culture medium which includes epithelial cells from the oviduct of a donor animal. Additionally, a process for maturing immature bovine oocytes in an in vitro bovine culture medium containing epithelial cells from a donor oviduct is described. As an alternative to co-culture of the embryos with the epithelial cells, it is described how a culture medium can be conditioned for the culture of bovine embryos by the culture of epithelial cells therein which are later removed.