The aim of this brief review is to clarify the role of melatonin in the production and
preservation of mammalian gametes and embryos. Melatonin is an indoleamine synthesized …

This paper reviews current equine assisted reproduction techniques. Embryo transfer is the
most common equine ART, but is still limited by the inability to superovulate mares …

Equine Reproductive Physiology Breeding and Stud Management, 5th Edition provides a
thorough grounding in equine reproductive anatomy and physiology and applies it to all …

Cryopreservation techniques for mammalian oocytes and embryos have rapidly progressed
during the past two decades, emphasizing their importance in various assisted reproductive …

In contrast to the livestock industry, sperm cryopreservation has not yet been successfully
established in the poultry industry. This is because poultry sperm cells have a unique shape …

Contents Many wild equids are at present endangered in the wild. Concurrently, increased
mechanization has pushed back the numbers of some old native horse breeds to levels that …

In the last decade, in vitro embryo production in horses has become an established clinical
practice, but blastocyst rates from vitrified equine oocytes remain low. Cryopreservation …

Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) are synthesized by diverse non-mammalian species, allowing
them to survive in severely cold environments. Since the 1990s, the scientific literature …

The study was aimed to investigate the effect of melatonin on the development potential of
mouse MII oocytes after cryopreservation. Mouse MII oocytes were subjected first to …

We evaluated the meiotic and developmental competence of GV-stage equine oocytes
vitrified under different conditions. In a preliminary study, using dimethyl sulfoxide (D) …