Nonsurgical transfer of fresh and frozen embryos of dairy cattle

Kim, Ill-hwa; Son, Dong-soo; Lee, Kwang-won; Chang, In-ho

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 1992;32(1):143-151.

Ill-hwa Kim¹, Dong-soo Son¹, Kwang-won Lee¹, In-ho Chang²

¹National Animal Breeding Institute
²College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University

젖소의 신성수정란의 동결수정란의 비외과적 이식에 관하여

김일화¹, 손동수¹, 이광원¹, 장인호²

¹국립종축원
²경북대학교 수의과대학

Abstract

Sixty Four fresh and 142 frozen embryos of dairy cattle were transferred to synchronized dairy, beef or Korean Native Cattle nonsurgically at National Animal Breeding Institute from 1985 to 1990. The results obtained were as follows ; 1. The pregnancy rate of fresh embryos(39.1%) was higher than that of frozen embryos(32.4%) and average pregnancy rate was 34.5%. 2. The pregnancy rate of grade 1 embryos was higher than that of grade 2 embryos for both fresh(41.3% vs 33.3%) and frozen embryos(35.4% vs 25.6%). 3. The pregnancy rate according to development stage of fresh embryos was increased with maturity as 29.2%, 33.3%, 50.0% and 54.5% for morula, early blastocyst, blastocyst and expanded blastocyst, respectively. For frozen embryos, the pregnancy rate of blastocyst(44.4%) was higher than those of morula(31.3%) and early blastocyst(28.0%). 4. The pregnancy rate according go recipient-donor synchrony for fresh embryos was higher when the recipients exhibited estrus 1 day earlier than the donors(43.8%) than when the recipients exhibited estrus 1 day later than the donors(38.1%) or when the recipients and donors exhibited estrus at the same time(37.0%). For forzen embryos, the pregnancy rate was decreased when the recipients and donors exhibited estrus at the same time(37.9%), when the recipients exhibited estrus 1 day later than the donors(32.0%) and when the recipients exhibited estrus 1 day earlier than the donors(23.5%), in sequence. 5. The pregnancy rate of heifers was higher than that of cows for both fresh(50.5% vs 37.9%) and frozen embryos(39.7% vs 25.7%). 6. The pregnancy rate according to recipient breed for fresh embryos was higher in dairy cattle(42.1%) and beef cattle(40.%) than in Korean Native Cattle(33.3%). For frozen embryos, the pregnancy rate was decreased beef cattle(39.1%), dairy cattle(30.3%) and Korean Native Cattle(14.3%), in sequence. 7. The pregnancy rate according to equilibrium steps of glycerol and freezing rate was higher when transferred after 3-steps equilibrium and freezing by the rate of $0.3^{circ}C$/min from $-6^{circ}C$ to $-35^{circ}C$ and $0.1^{circ}C$/min to $-38^{circ}C$(39.4%) than when transferred after 6-steps equilibrium and freezing by the rate of $0.5^{circ}C/min$ from $-6^{circ}C$ to $-30^{circ}C$(30.3%).

Key Words: fresh embryos, frozen embryos, nonsurgical transfer, pregnancy rate