Evaluation of the production potential of embryos in vitro of cows with high genetic value and acquired infertility

• Grant number: 97/13115-6
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research Partnership for Technological Innovation - PITE
• Start date: April 01, 1998
• End date: May 31, 2001
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Reproduction
• Principal Investigator: Joaquim Mansano Garcia
• Grantee: Joaquim Mansano Garcia
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil
• Company: Gertec representação, Assessoria e Produção de Embriões Ltda
• City: Jaboticabal

Abstract

Cows with acquired infertility are routinely destined to slaughter, without their genetic potential being totally exploited. Much better use could be made of these animals in programs of in vitro fertilization (IVF). In Brazil, there are still no IVF programs aimed at rural producers. For this reason, we proposed a project in conjunction with companies that work in the area of transfer of bovine embryos, for an initial evaluation of the exploitation of the embryos of cows with acquired infertility in in vitro production (IVP) and to study the viability of implanting this methodology in the commercial ambit. (AU)