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Table of Contents     |     Next Issue >>   Reproduction, Fertility and Development Volume 18 Number 1 & 2 2006 Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Embryo Transfer Society, Orlando, FL, USA, 7-11 January 2006 Full Papers and Abstracts for Poster Presentation IETS 2006 author index  pp. 299-307 PDF (96 KB)   IETS 2006 abstracts  pp. 109-298 PDF (1.7 MB)   Recipient of the 2006 IETS Pioneer Award: Duane Carl Kraemer, DVM, PhD  pp. xxix-xxx PDF (83 KB)   Dry storage of sperm: applications in primates and domestic animals  Stuart A. Meyers pp. 1-5 Abstract    |    Full Text     |    PDF (230 KB)   Spermatogonia: origin, physiology and prospects for conservation and manipulation of the male germ line  Jens Ehmcke, Karin Hübner, Hans R. Schöler and Stefan Schlatt pp. 7-12 Abstract    |    Full Text     |    PDF (202 KB)   Male germ cell transplantation in livestock  J. R. Hill and I. Dobrinski pp. 13-18 Abstract    |    Full Text     |    PDF (196 KB)   Sperm-mediated gene transfer  Marialuisa Lavitrano, Marco Busnelli, Maria Grazia Cerrito, Roberto Giovannoni, Stefano Manzini and Alessia Vargiolu pp. 19-23 Abstract    |    Full Text     |    PDF (170 KB)   Moving to the beat: a review of mammalian sperm motility regulation  Regina M. Turner pp. 25-38 Abstract    |    Full Text     |    PDF (300 KB)   Intracytoplasmic sperm injection in the bovine induces abnormal [Ca2+]i responses and oocyte activation  Christopher Malcuit, Marc Maserati, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Raymond Page and Rafael A. Fissore pp. 39-51 Abstract    |    Full Text     |    PDF (334 KB)   Mammalian membrane block to polyspermy: new insights into how mammalian eggs prevent fertilisation by multiple sperm  Allison J. Gardner and Janice P. Evans pp. 53-61 Abstract    |    Full Text     |    PDF (357 KB)   Gamete imprinting: setting epigenetic patterns for the next generation  Jacquetta M. Trasler pp. 63-69 Abstract    |    Full Text     |    PDF (140 KB)   Placental function in development and disease  James C. Cross pp. 71-76 Abstract    |    Full Text     |    PDF (122 KB)   Applications of emerging technologies to the study and conservation of threatened and endangered species  Budhan Pukazhenthi, Pierre Comizzoli, Alexander J. Travis and David E. Wildt pp. 77-90 Abstract    |    Full Text     |    PDF (212 KB)   Equine cloning: applications and outcomes  Dirk K. Vanderwall, Gordon L. Woods, Janet F. Roser, Donald H. Schlafer, Debra C. Sellon, David F. Tester and Kenneth L. White pp. 91-98 Abstract    |    Full Text     |    PDF (597 KB)   Mammalian diversity: gametes, embryos and reproduction  Richard R. Behringer, Guy S. Eakin and Marilyn B. Renfree pp. 99-107 Abstract    |    Full Text     |    PDF (709 KB)   1 ABERRANT DNA METHYLATION IN PORCINE IN VITRO-, PARTHENOGENETIC-, AND NUCLEAR TRANSFER-PRODUCED BLASTOCYSTS  A. Bonk, M. Samuel, L. Lai, Y. Hao, R. Li, Z. Liu, C. Murphy, E. Antoniou and R. Prather pp. 109-109 Abstract      2 IDENTIFICATION OF GENES INDUCED BY THE CONCEPTUS IN THE BOVINE ENDOMETRIUM DURING THE PRE-IMPLANTATION PERIOD   C. Klein, S. Bauersachs, S. Ulbrich, H. Meyer, S. Schmidt, H. Reichenbach, M. Vermehren, H. Blum, F. Sinowatz and E. Wolf pp. 109-110 Abstract      3 NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING OF PORCINE FIBROBLAST CELLS BY XENOPUS EGG EXTRACTS   K. Miyamoto, Y. Nagao, N. Minami, M. Yamada, K. Ohsumi and H. Imai pp. 110-110 Abstract      4 GENE EXPRESSION IN CULTURES OF INNER CELL MASSES ISOLATED FROM IN VITRO-PRODUCED AND IN VIVO-DERIVED BOVINE BLASTOCYSTS   D. Pant and C. Keefer pp. 110-110 Abstract      5 ASSESSMENT OF HSP70.1 TRANSCRIPTION LEVELS IN BOVINE EMBRYOS AFTER CUMULUS REMOVAL BY DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES   A. Reeder, V. Schutzkus, J. Wiebelhaus-Finger, H. Khatib, R. L. Monson, M. B. Wheeler, D. Beebe and J. Rutledge pp. 111-111 Abstract      6 EXPRESSION PROFILING OF SINGLE BOVINE EMBRYOS REVEALS SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS OF IN VITRO MATURATION, FERTILIZATION AND CULTURE   S. L. Smith, L.-Y. Sung, R. Page, B. Henderson, F. Du, R. E. Everts, T. Nedambale, S. Rodriguez-Zas, J.-P. Renard, H. A. Lewin, X. Yang and X. C. Tian pp. 111-111 Abstract      7 PLASMA PROGESTERONE CONCENTRATIONS IN OVARIECTOMIZED COWS WITH INTRAVAGINAL DEVICES CONTAINING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PROGESTERONE  M. Aviles, L. Cutaia, I. Videla Dorna, M. Aba and G. A. Bo pp. 112-112 Abstract    |    Full Text      8 EFFECT OF DURATION OF TREATMENT WITH PROGESTERONE VAGINAL DEVICES ON PREGNANCY RATES IN CROSS-BRED ZEBU CATTLE ARTIFICIALLY INSEMINATED AT A FIXED TIME   E. Balla, D. Pincinato, D. Maraña, L. C. Peres, L. F. K. Borges and G. A. Bó pp. 112-113 Abstract      9 USE OF SEXED SEMEN FOR ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IN HOLSTEIN HEIFERS IN MEXICO: PRELIMINARY RESULTS   A. Barba, Y. C. Ducolomb and S. Romo pp. 113-113 Abstract      10 PREGNANCY RATE IN DAIRY COWS CROSSBREED HOLSTEIN × CARORA, DURING TWO SEASONS OF THE YEAR UNDER TWO ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAMS AND TROPICAL CONDITIONS IN VENEZUELA   M. Cabezas, J. Cardenas, T. Diaz and A. A. Kowalski pp. 113-114 Abstract      11 EFFECTS OF CIDR-BASED PRESYNCHRONIZATION AND eCG ON FERTILITY FOR A GnRH-BASED TIMED-AI PROTOCOL IN BEEF CATTLE   M. Colazo, J. Small, J. Kastelic, H. Davis, D. Ward, R. Wilde and R. Mapletoft pp. 114-114 Abstract      12 THE EFFECT OF PROGESTERONE CONTENT IN A VAGINAL INSERT ON PREGNANCY RATES IN BEEF AND DAIRY CATTLE INSEMINATED AT FIXED TIME  L. Cutaia, M. Aviles, F. Feresin, A. Franzoni, L. Peres, D. Pincinato and G. A. Bo pp. 114-115 Abstract    |    Full Text      13 EFFECTS OF PLASMA PROGESTERONE CONCENTRATIONS ON LH RELEASE AND OVULATION IN BEEF CATTLE GIVEN GnRH  H. Davis, M. Colazo, M. Rutledge, J. Small, J. Kastelic and R. Mapletoft pp. 115-115 Abstract      14 SYNCHRONIZATION OF OVULATION IN ANESTROUS NELORE COWS TREATED WITH HORMONAL PROTOCOL WITHOUT PROGESTERONE OR PROGESTAGENS   A. F. Souza, V. G. Pinheiro, R. L. Ereno and C. M. Barros pp. 115-116 Abstract      15 INCREASING ESTRUS DETECTION RATES WITHIN FOUR DAYS IN A PROSTAGLANDIN-BASED ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAM IN BOS INDICUS BEEF (SISTANI) CATTLE  M. D. Jalinous, A. Niasari-Naslaji, F. Sarhaddi and E. Naghzali pp. 116-116 Abstract      16 OVULATION AND PREGNANCY RATES IN POSTPARTUM BOS INDICUS COWS TREATED WITH PROGESTERONE VAGINAL DEVICES AND ESTRADIOL BENZOATE, WITH OR WITHOUT eCG AND TEMPORARY WEANING   D. Maraña, L. Cutaia, L. Peres, D. Pincinato, L. F. K. Borges and G. A. Bo pp. 116-117 Abstract      17 FLOW CYTOMETRY ANALYSIS OF THE TURKEY SPERM GLYCOCALYX: EFFECTS OF NEURAMINIDASE TREATMENT   J. Pelaez and J. Long pp. 117-117 Abstract      18 DO TEMPORARY CALF REMOVAL AND/OR EQUINE CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN ADMINISTRATION INCREASE PREGNANCY RATES IN LACTATING NELORE COWS TREATED WITH A PROGESTERONE-RELEASE INTRAVAGINAL DEVICE?  V. G. Pinheiro, A. F. Souza, M. F. Pegorer, R. L. Ereno and C. M. Barros pp. 117-118 Abstract      19 PREGNANCY RATES IN DAIRY COWS TREATED WITH INTRAVAGINAL PROGESTERONE DEVICES AND DIFFERENT FIXED-TIME AI PROTOCOLS   G. Veneranda, L. Filippi, D. Racca, G. Romero, E. Balla, L. Cutaia and G. A. Bo pp. 118-118 Abstract      20 PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS FROM PORCINE FETAL FIBROBLAST CELLS CARRYING A TETRACYCLINE-INDUCIBLE TRANSGENE  K. S. Ahn, M. Kwon, B. C. Koo, J. Y. Won, S. Y. Heo, T. Kim and H. Shim pp. 118-119 Abstract      21 EFFECT OF SEVERAL PARAMETERS ON PARTHENOGENETIC BOVINE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO   S. Arat, H. Bagis, A. Tas and T. Akkoc pp. 119-119 Abstract      22 EFFECT OF OOCYTE AGE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOUSE PARTHENOGENETIC EMBRYOS AND EFFECT OF OXYGEN CONCENTRATION ON EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO   H. Bagis, S. Arat, H. Odaman and A. Tas pp. 119-120 Abstract      23 NEONATAL PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS OF CLONED AND CONTROL CALVES  C. A. Batchelder, M. B. Whitcomb, M. Bertolini, J. B. Mason, S. G. Petkov, K. A. Hoffert, L. W. George and G. B. Anderson pp. 120-120 Abstract    |    Full Text      24 GLOBAL TRANSCRIPT PROFILING OF CLONED BOVINE BLASTOCYSTS USING AFFYMETRIX GENECHIP TECHNOLOGY   Z. Beyhan, P. Ross, A. Iager, A. Kocabas, K. Cunniff, M. Maserati, R. Page and J. Cibelli pp. 120-121 Abstract      25 MATERNAL-TO-EMBRYONIC TRANSITION FOLLOWING NUCLEAR TRANSFER OR PARTHENOGENETIC ACTIVATION   T. Brevini, S. Antonini, F. Cillo, I. Lagutina, S. Colleoni, G. Lazzari, C. Galli and F. Gandolfi pp. 121-121 Abstract      26 EFFECTS OF SOMATIC CLONING ON THE IMMUNE RESPONSE IN YOUNG AND ADULT CATTLE   P. Chavatte-Palmer, Y. Heyman and I. Schwartz pp. 121-122 Abstract      27 SODIUM CHLORIDE TREATMENT OF CELL MEMBRANE-PERMEABILIZED NUCLEAR DONOR CELLS FACILITATES THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE SOMATIC HISTONE H1 AND HMG-17 PROTEINS IN RECONSTRUCTED PORCINE EMBRYOS  L. Che and V. Bordignon pp. 122-122 Abstract    |    Full Text      28 EFFECT OF TREATMENT OF OVINE OOCYTES WITH CAFFEINE ON GENE EXPRESSION IN NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS  I. Choi, J.-H. Lee and K. Campbell pp. 122-123 Abstract      29 BIRTH OF A FOAL CLONED BY ADULT SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER WITH ROSCOVITINE-TREATED DONOR CELLS   Y. H. Choi, Y. G. Chung, D. D. Varner and K. Hinrichs pp. 123-123 Abstract      30 NUCLEAR AND MICROTUBULE DYNAMICS IN SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER SHEEP EMBRYOS ACTIVATED WITH T-DIMETHYLAMINOPURINE AND CYCLOHEXIMIDE   G. Coppola, B.-G. Jeon, B. Alexander, E. St. John, D. H. Betts and W. A. King pp. 123-124 Abstract      31 FULL-TERM AND LIVE RABBIT CLONES PRODUCED BY SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  F. Du, J. Xu, S. Gao, L. Y. Sung, D. Stone, M. Joyner, J. Zhang, S. Chaubal, X. Tian, Y. E. Chen and X. Yang pp. 124-124 Abstract    |    Full Text      32 CRYOPRESERVATION OF DONOR CELLS FOR NUCLEAR TRANSFER: EFFECT OF CELL FREEZING METHOD ON THE EFFICIENCY OF SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER IN PIGS   J. Estrada, E. Lee and J. Piedrahita pp. 125-125 Abstract      33 USE OF ADULT MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FOR CLONING PIGS   R. Faast, L. F. S. Beebe, S. J. Harrison, S. M. McIlfatrick, R. J. Ashman and M. B. Nottle pp. 125-125 Abstract      34 DEVELOPMENTAL ABILITY OF ZONA-FREE PORCINE CLONED EMBRYOS RECONSTRUCTED BY SOMATIC CELLS AND CENTRIFUGED CYTOPLASTS   M. Fahrudin, K. Kikuchi, N. W. K. Karja, M. Ozawa, T. Somfai, J. Noguchi, H. Kaneko and T. Nagai pp. 125-126 Abstract      35 IN VITRO BOVINE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT AFTER NUCLEAR TRANSFER BY HANDMADE CLONING USING A MODIFIED WOW CULTURE SYSTEM   C. Feltrin, F. Forell, L. dos Santos and J. L. Rodrigues pp. 126-126 Abstract      36 DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF HUMAN AGED OOCYTES AS HOST CELLS FOR NUCLEAR TRANSFER   V. Hall, D. Compton, P. Stojkovic, M. Nesbitt, M. Herbert, A. Murdoch and M. Stojkovic pp. 126-127 Abstract      37 CELL CYCLE ANALYSIS IN IN VITRO-CULTURED ADULT SKIN FIBROBLASTS OF THE GORAL (NAEMORHEDUS CAUDATUS)   M. A. Hashem, P. B. Dilip, S. K. Kang, B. C. Lee and W. S. Hwang pp. 127-127 Abstract      38 FULL TERM DEVELOPMENT IN A COW CARRYING A NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYO DERIVED FROM FIBROBLASTS AND OOCYTES OF ITS OWN CLONE  Y. Heyman, D. Lebourhis, P. Chavatte-Palmer, C. Richard, J. P. Renard and X. Vignon pp. 127-128 Abstract    |    Full Text      39 DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF RECONSTRUCTED EMBRYOS PRODUCED BY NUCLEAR TRANSFER BETWEEN CYNOMOLGUS MONKEY FIBROBLAST CELLS AND RABBIT OOCYTES   Y. Hosoi, T. Yamochi, N. Kawata, M. Takenoshita, S. Ohta, K. Matsumoto, K. Saeki and A. Iritani pp. 128-128 Abstract      40 EFFECT OF CHEMICAL ACTIVATION ON DEVELOPMENT AND APOPTOSIS OF PREIMPLANTATION PORCINE EMBRYOS DERIVED FROM NUCLEAR TRANSFER   G.-S. Im, J.-S. Seo, I.-S. Hwang, S.-W. Kim, H.-S. Park, D.-H. Kim, B.-C. Yang, I.-K. Kong and B.-S. Yang pp. 129-129 Abstract      41 STUDY ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER USING IN VIVO-MATURED OOCYTES IN DOGS   G. Jang, M. Kim, H. J. Oh, F. Y. Heru, M. S. Hossein, H. J. Kim, J. J. Kim, S. H. Lee, S. K. Kang, B. C. Lee and W. S. Hwang pp. 129-129 Abstract      42 DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL AND REPROGRAMMING EFFICIENCY OF BOVINE EMBRYOS CLONED WITH ADULT FIBROBLASTS TREATED BY A DEMETHYLATING AGENT, S-ADENOSYL-HOMOCYSTEINE   B.-G. Jeon, S. D. Perrault, G.-J. Rho, D. H. Betts and W. A. King pp. 130-130 Abstract      43 PRODUCTION OF PORCINE EMBRYOS BY NUCLEAR TRANSFER OF BONE MARROW MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS   H.-F. Jin, B. Mohana Kumar, J.-G. Kim, H.-J. Song, S. Balasubramanian, S.-Y. Choe and G.-J. Rho pp. 130-130 Abstract      44 IN VITRO AND IN VIVO SURVIVABILITY ON VITRIFIED EMBRYOS OBTAINED BY BOVINE SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  K. Kaneyama, S. Kobayashi, S. Matoba, Y. Hashiyada, K. Imai, M. Yonai and N. Saito pp. 131-131 Abstract    |    Full Text      45 NUCLEAR LAMIN A/C EXPRESSION IN BOVINE PARTHENOTES AND NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS   R. D. W. Kelly, R. Alberio and K. H. S. Campbell pp. 131-132 Abstract      46 ANTI-APOPTOTIC EFFECT OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 AND ITS RECEPTOR ON DEVELOPMENT OF PORCINE PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYOS PRODUCED BY IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AND SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER   S. Kim, S. H. Lee, J. H. Kim, Y. W. Jeong, O. J. Koo, S. Mi Park, E. G. Lee, A. Hashem, M. S. Hossein, B. C. Lee, S. K. Kang and W. S. Hwang pp. 132-132 Abstract      47 BLASTOCYST DEVELOPMENT RATE OF CLONED BOVINE EMBRYOS USING SERIAL NUCLEAR TRANSFER OF CELLS CONTAINING AN X-AUTOSOME-TRANSLOCATED CHROMOSOME t(Xp+;23q-)   W. A. King, B.-G. Jeon and D. H. Betts pp. 132-132 Abstract      48 MORPHOLOGICAL ANOMALIES OF FETAL MEMBRANES DURING GESTATION IN BOVINE CLONES DERIVED BY SOMATIC NUCLEAR TRANSFER   H. R. Kohan-ghadr, R. Lefebvre, G. Fecteau, L. C. Smith and J. Durocher pp. 133-133 Abstract      49 INTRA-GENUS CLONED EMBRYOS PRODUCTION AND PREGNANCIES DERIVED FROM LEOPARD CAT NUCLEI AND DOMESTIC CAT ENUCLEATED EGGS   I. K. Kong, H. S. Lee, N. H. Kim, L. H. Kim, H. D. Shin and X. J. Yin pp. 133-133 Abstract      50 PRODUCTION OF THIRD-GENERATION CLONES OF A PIG BY SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  M. Kurome, R. Tomii, S. Ueno, K. Hiruma, H. Saito, K. Nakamura, K. Okumura, S. Matsumoto, M. Matsumoto, Y. Kaji, F. Endo and H. Nagashima pp. 133-134 Abstract      51 AGGREGATION REDUCES THE VARIATION OF GENE EXPRESSION LEVELS IN BOVINE CLONES   S. Kurosaka, N. A. Leu and K. J. McLaughlin pp. 134-134 Abstract      52 PRELIMINARY DATA ON PIG-BOVINE INTERSPECIES NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT   I. Lagutina, D. Brunetti, G. Lazzari and C. Galli pp. 134-135 Abstract    |    Full Text      53 EVALUATION OF NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING IN CLONED MINIATURE PIG EMBRYOS USING GENES OF Oct-4 FAMILY   E. Lee, S. H. Lee, S. Kim, Y. W. Jeong, J. H. Kim, O. J. Koo, A. Hashem, S. M. Park, M. S. H. Hossein, H. Y. S. Son, Ch.-K. Lee, S. K. Kang, B. C. Lee and W. S. Hwang pp. 135-135 Abstract      54 ESTABLISHMENT OF PREGNANCY BY OVINE NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS RECONSTRUCTED USING CAFFEINE-TREATED IN VITRO-MATURED OOCYTES AS CYTOPLAST RECIPIENTS  J.-H. Lee, M. Marfil, M. Panarace, M. Medina and K. H. S. Campbell pp. 135-136 Abstract      55 INFLUENCE OF DONOR CELL TYPE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PORCINE NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS   K. Lee, W. L. Fodor and Z. Machaty pp. 136-136 Abstract      56 PRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC RECLONED MINIATURE PIGS EXPRESSING HUMAN DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR   S. H. Lee, Y. W. Jeong, H. Y. Jeon, S. Kim, J. H. Kim, O. J. Koo, E. G. Lee, S. M. Park, M. D. A. Hashem, M. S. Hossein, S. K. Kang, B. C. Lee and W. S. Hwang pp. 136-137 Abstract      57 DEFECTIVE PLACENTAL VASCULARIZATION AND TROPHISMS IN FULL TERM SOMATIC CELL SHEEP CLONES  P. Loi, K. Matsukawa, C. Palmieri, L. Della Salda and G. Ptak pp. 137-137 Abstract      58 EFFICIENCY OF OVUM PICKUP AND EMBRYO PRODUCTION IN VITRO IN CLONED CATTLE  A. Lucas-Hahn, E. Lemme, K.-G. Hadeler, H.-G. Sander and H. Niemann pp. 137-137 Abstract    |    Full Text      59 BOVINE OOCYTE RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING CRYOPRESERVATION AND GERMINAL VESICLE TRANSPLANTATION   A. M. Luciano, F. Franciosi, F. PerazzouI, C. Galbusera, M. S. Beretta, V. Lodde and S. Modina pp. 138-138 Abstract      60 EFFECTS OF CAFFEINE ON THE IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS   W. E. Maalouf, J. H. Lee and K. H. S. Campbell pp. 138-138 Abstract      61 GENERATING A HERD OF TRANSGENIC DAIRY GOATS BY SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  D. Melican, N. Hawkins and W. Gavin pp. 139-139 Abstract    |    Full Text      62 REPROGRAMMING EVENTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF RHESUS MONKEY EMBRYOS PRODUCED BY SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  S. Mitalipov, Q. Zhou, J. Byrne, W.-Z. Ji and D. Wolf pp. 139-139 Abstract      63 IMPROVEMENT OF SEMEN-DERIVED EPITHELIAL CELL PROLIFERATION BY FIBROBLAST CO-CULTURE   L. Nel-Themaat, M. C. Gómez, G. Wirtu, A. Cole, K. R. Bondioli, B. L. Dresser, C. E. Pope and R. A. Godke pp. 140-140 Abstract      64 X-LINKED GENE EXPRESSION IN BOVINE (BOS TAURUS) MALE AND FEMALE IN VITRO- FERTILIZED AND SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER-DERIVED BLASTOCYSTS  M. Nino-Soto, G. Mastromonaco, P. Blondin and W. A. King pp. 140-140 Abstract      65 ASSESSMENT OF LIVE OFFSPRING SIRED BY A SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER BULL, STARBUCK II   H. Ortegon, L. Lin, G. Coppola, S. Perrault, T. Kroetsch, D. H. Betts, W. A. King, D. Bousquet and P. Blondin pp. 141-141 Abstract      66 HISTIOTROPHIC NUTRITION AND IRON TRANSFER ACROSS THE MATERNO-FETAL INTERFACE IN NUCLEAR TRANSFER-DERIVED SOMATIC CATTLE CLONES  F. Pereira, F. Meirelles, F. Braga, J. Visintin, R. Rumpf, J. Garcia, J. R. Kfoury Júnior, L. Oliveira, J. Monteiro, P. Papa, A. F. Carvalho, A. Neto, C. E. Ambrósio, F. Bazer and M. A. Miglino pp. 141-141 Abstract      67 GENERATION OF PIGS TRANSGENIC FOR hCD59/DAF AND HUMAN THROMBOMODULIN BY SOMATIC NUCLEAR TRANSFER  B. Petersen, W. Kues, A. Lucas-Hahn, A.-L. Queisser, E. Lemme, M. Hoelker, J. W. Carnwath and H. Niemann pp. 142-142 Abstract      68 GENE EXPRESSION COMPARISONS BETWEEN BOVINE IN VIVO AND CLONED EMBRYOS PRODUCED BY THREE DIFFERENT METHODS  N. Ruddock, K. Wilson, M. Cooney, R. Tecirlioglu, V. Hall, A. French and M. Holland pp. 142-142 Abstract      69 RELATION OF SPATIAL GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS IN BOVINE EMBRYOS RECONSTRUCTED WITH SOMATIC CELLS TO BLASTOCYST DEVELOPMENT   K. Saeki, T. Tamari, A. Kasamatsu, D. Iwamoto, S. Kameyama, A. Tatemizo, T. Mitani, H. Kato, Y. Hosoi, K. Matsumoto, S. Taniguchi, A. Ideta, M. Urakawa, Y. Aoyagi and A. Iritani pp. 142-143 Abstract      70 NON-PLATED GRANULOSA AND CUMULUS CELLS AND FIRST PASSAGE FIBROBLASTS AS NUCLEUS DONOR FOR GOAT CLONING  D. Salamone, M. Catala, A. Gibbons, F. Pereyra Bonnet and M. Cueto pp. 143-143 Abstract    |    Full Text      71 WHAT IS THE UTERINE RESPONSE IN A CLONED BOVINE PREGNANCY?   T. C. Santos, F. T. V. Pereira, A. C. Assis Neto, C. E. Ambrósio, F. V. Meirelles, J. M. Garcia, D. A. Maria, A. F. Carvalho and M. A. Miglino pp. 144-144 Abstract      72 HISTONE METHYLATION AND GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS IN PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYOS DERIVED FROM INTRA- AND INTER-SPECIES NUCLEAR TRANSFER   W. Shi, F. Yang, E. Wolf and V. Zakharchenko pp. 144-144 Abstract      73 PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE MAJOR CELLULAR PROTEINS OF BOVINE TROPHECTODERM CELL LINES DERIVED FROM IVP, PARTHENOGENETIC, AND NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS: REDUCED EXPRESSION OF ANNEXIN I IN NUCLEAR TRANSFER-DERIVED CELL LINES  N. Talbot, A. Powell, T. Caperna and W. Garrett pp. 145-145 Abstract      74 EXAMINATION OF ABNORMAL CELL DIVISION AND CHROMOSOME ABERRATION IN PIG PARTHENOTES AND CLONED EMBRYOS   S. J. Uhm, M. S. Kim, M. K. Gupta, H. Y. Lee, S. J. Park, C. K. Park, H. M. Chung, Y. B. Kim, K. S. Chung and H. T. Lee pp. 145-145 Abstract      75 DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE SCNT EMBRYOS RECONSTRUCTED USING RECIPIENT OOCYTES AND EGFP-TRANSFECTED CELLS THAT WERE CULTURED WITH VITAMIN C OR E  P. Wongsrikeao, T. Otoi, B. Agung, R. Shimitzu, H. Naoi, M. Taniguchi, S. Sutou and T. Nagai pp. 145-146 Abstract    |    Full Text      76 SCREENING Oct-4 PROMOTER ACTIVITY IN BOVINE FIRST AND SECOND ROUND SCNT EMBRYOS USING AN EGFP REPORTER CONSTRUCT   A. Wuensch, F. A. Habermann, R. Klose, V. Zakhartchenko, F. Yang, H. Wenigerkind, F. Sinowatz and E. Wolf pp. 146-146 Abstract      77 PRODUCTION OF BAN MINIPIG EMBRYO BY SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER   B. Xuan Nguyen, N. Thi Uoc, Ta. Nagai, N. Viet Linh, Q. Xuan Huu, N. Van Hanh, N. Trung Thanh, N. Huu Duc and B. Linh Chi pp. 147-147 Abstract      78 EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT ACTIVATION PROTOCOLS ON ACTIN FILAMENT DISTRIBUTION AND IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF MINIATURE PIG NT EMBRYOS   K. Yamanaka, S. Sugimura, T. Wakai, T. Shoji, H. Sasada and E. Sato pp. 147-147 Abstract      79 THE AMOUNT OF TELOMERIC DNA IN CLONED CATTLE AND THEIR CALVES IS LESS THAN THAT OF AGE MATCHED CATTLE  B. C. Yang, G. S. Im, Y. H. Kim, J. W. Choi, Y. S. Park, H. W. Hwang, S. C. Joo, D. H. Kim, Y. G. Ko, breakH. H. Seong, E. J. Cho, S. H. Sohn and B. S. Yang pp. 148-148 Abstract      80 EFFECT OF DNA METHYLATION ON SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN RHESUS MONKEY  J. F. Yang, S. H. Yang, Y. Y. Niu, Q. Zhou and W. Z. Ji pp. 148-148 Abstract      81 COMPARISON OF DEVELOPMENTAL ABILITY AMONG CLONED EMBRYOS WITH VARIOUS INDIVIDUAL RECIPIENT CYTOPLASMS IN BOVINE  J. G. Zhao, X. Y. Yang, H. F. Liu, H. Li, S. Z. Huang and Y. T. Zeng pp. 148-149 Abstract    |    Full Text      82 IN VITRO SURVIVAL OF PORCINE BLASTOCYSTS VITRIFIED USING THE CRYOLOGIC VITRIFICATION METHOD   L. Beebe, S. McIlfatrick, R. Ashman and M. Nottle pp. 149-149 Abstract      83 VITRIFICATION OF IMMATURE AND IN VITRO-MATURED HORSE OOCYTES  L. Bogliolo, F. Ariu, I. Rosati, M. T. Zedda, S. Pau, S. Naitana, G. Leoni, M. Kuwayama and S. Ledda pp. 149-150 Abstract    |    Full Text      84 EVALUATION OF BULL SEMEN AT 1 H VS. 48 H OF POST-FROZEN STABILIZATION TIME  G. M. Brogliatti, G. Larraburu, R. Cavia and M. E. Carini pp. 150-150 Abstract    |    Full Text      85 VITRIFICATION IN VIVO OF LARGE EQUINE EMBRYOS AFTER VITRIFICATION OR CULTURE  L. F. Campos-Chillon, T. J. Cox, G. E. Seidel Jr and E. M. Carnevale pp. 151-151 Abstract      86 MOTILITY AND VIABILITY OF BULL SEMEN DURING 24 HOURS OF STORAGE AT 4°C  M. E. Carini, R. Cavia, G. Larraburu and G. M. Brogliatti pp. 151-151 Abstract    |    Full Text      87 THE EFFECT OF LOW TEMPERATURE ON THE DETECTABILITY/VISUALIZATION OF THE MEIOTIC SPINDLE IN MII MOUSE OOCYTES   S. Cseh, K. Kanyo, J. Konc, L. Solti, E. Varga and R. Kriston pp. 152-152 Abstract      88 IS STEREOMICROSCOPY AN EFFICIENT METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE VITRIFIED PORCINE EMBRYO QUALITY?   C. Cuello, F. Berthelot, B. Delaleu, C. Almiñana, J. M. Vázquez, J. Roca, L. M. Pastor, E. A. Martínez and F. Martinat Botté pp. 152-152 Abstract      89 OPEN PULLED STRAW VITRIFICATION FOR IN VITRO-PRODUCED BUFFALO (BUBALUS BUBALIS) EMBRYOS   A. De Rosa, R. Di Palo, L. Attanasio, E. Monaco, G. Campanile and B. Gasparrini pp. 153-153 Abstract      90 SUCCESSFUL VITRIFICATION OF PARTHENOGENETIC PORCINE BLASTOCYSTS PRODUCED FROM DELIPATED IN VITRO-MATURED OOCYTES   Y. Du, P. M. Kragh, X. Zhang, H. Yang, G. Vajta and L. Bolund pp. 153-153 Abstract      91 PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF SURGICAL EQUINE EMBRYO TRANSFER AFTER OPEN PULLED STRAW VITRIFICATION  G. Duchamp, F. Guignot, J. Grizelj, M. Vidament and P. Mermillod pp. 154-154 Abstract    |    Full Text      92 EVALUATION OF BOAR SPERM FUNCTIONALITY AFTER A CUSHIONED CENTRIFUGATION TECHNIQUE   J. Gadea, S. Martínez-Miró, G. Decuadro-Hansen and C. Matás pp. 154-154 Abstract      93 CALCIUM REMOVAL INCREASES THE PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF β-CYCLODEXTRIN PLUS CHOLESTEROL ON PORCINE SPERM DURING COLD SHOCK  H. Galantino-Homer, W. Zeng, S. Megee, M. Modelski and I. Dobrinski pp. 155-155 Abstract      94 ADDITION OF REDUCED GLUTATHIONE TO THAWING MEDIUM IMPROVED THE SPERM MOTILITY AND REDUCED ROS GENERATION IN FROZEN OVINE AND CAPRINE SPERMATOZOA   J. C. Gardón, J. A. Rodriquez and J. Gadea pp. 155-155 Abstract      95 EFFECT OF CRYOPROTECTANT ADDITION AND REMOVAL AT 4°C ON MOTILITY AND PLASMA MEMBRANE INTEGRITY OF BOVINE CAUDAL EPDIDYMAL SPERMATOZOA  C. Guerrero, S. Leibo, D. Paccamonti, B. Eilts, K. Bondioli and R. Godke pp. 156-156 Abstract    |    Full Text      96 VITRIFICATION OF PORCINE OOCYTES — A NEW APPROACH TO GAMETE CRYOPRESERVATION   M. K. Gupta, H. Y. Lee, S. J. Uhm and H. T. Lee pp. 156-156 Abstract      97 DIFFERENCES IN SPERM CHROMATIN STRUCTURE AMONG GOOD AND BAD BOAR SPERM FREEZERS   M. Hernández, J. Roca, J. Ballester, J. M. Vázquez, E. A. Martínez, A. Johannisson, F. Saravia and H. Rodríguez-Martínez pp. 157-157 Abstract      98 SUCCESSFUL PREGNANCIES FOLLOWING TRANSFER OF VITRIFIED PORCINE EMBRYOS DERIVED FROM IN VITRO-MATURED OOCYTES   K. Hiruma, H. Ueda, H. Saito, C. Tanaka, N. Maeda, M. Kurome, R. Tomii, S. Ueno and H. Nagashima pp. 157-157 Abstract      99 EFFECT OF CYSTEAMINE ON SURVIVAL OF BOVINE AND OVINE OOCYTES VITRIFIED USING THE MINIMUM VOLUME COOLING (MVC) CRYOTOP METHOD  J. Kelly, D. Kleemann, M. Kuwayama and S. Walker pp. 158-158 Abstract    |    Full Text      100 TIMING OF BLASTOCOELIC CAVITY RE-EXPANSION REPRESENTS A QUALITY INDEX OF IN VITRO PRODUCED OVINE BLASTOCYSTS  G. G. Leoni, F. Berlinguer, S. Succu, F. Mossa, M. Galioto, D. Bebbere and S. Naitana pp. 158-158 Abstract      101 CRYOPRESERVATION OF PORCINE EMBRYOS DERIVED FROM SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER  R. Li, L. Lai, D. Wax, Y. Hao, Z. Zhong, C. N. Murphy, A. Rieke and R. S. Prather pp. 159-159 Abstract      102 DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF BUFFALO (BUBALUS BUBALIS) OOCYTES VITRIFIED AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF MATURATION IN VITRO   K. Loganathasamy, R. Rajhans, G. SaiKumar and G. T. Sharma pp. 159-159 Abstract      103 GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES OF VITRIFIED MOUSE EMBRYOS DETECTED BY MICROARRAYS  S. Mamo, Sz. Bodo, Z. Polgar and A. Dinnyes pp. 160-160 Abstract      104 COMPARING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF OSMOLALITY OF SUCROSE EXTENDER ON THE VIABILITY OF SPERMATOZOA IN BACTRIAN CAMEL (CAMELUS BACTRIANUS)  S. Mosaferi, A. Niasari-Naslaji, N. Bahmani, A. A. Gharahdaghi, A. Abarghani, A. Ghanbari and A. Gerami pp. 160-160 Abstract      105 COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO EXTENDERS FOR CRYOPRESERVATION OF BACTRIAN CAMEL SEMEN  A. Niasari-Naslaji, S. Mosaferi, A. A. Gharahdaghi, A. Abarghani, A. Ghanbari, A. Gerami and N. Bahmani pp. 161-161 Abstract      106 EFFECT OF GLYCEROL AND ETHYLENE GLYCOL ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF IN VITRO BOVINE EMBRYOS  A. C. Nicacio, R. Simões, M. A. Peres, J. S. A. Gonçalves, M. E. O. D'Ávila Assumpção and J. A. Visintin pp. 161-161 Abstract      107 COMPARISON OF PRIMATE SPERM CRYOPRESERVATION PROTOCOLS: POST-THAW SPERM RECOVERY AND HYPERACTIVATION IN CULTURE  S. Nichols and B. Bavister pp. 161-162 Abstract      108 NEGLIGIBLE LEVEL OF DNA DAMAGE IN BOVINE OOCYTES VITRIFIED USING MINIMUM VOLUME METHODS  K. Papis, E. Stachowiak, M. Kruszewski, T. Iwanenko and T. Bartlomiejczyk pp. 162-162 Abstract      109 HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE INDUCED INCREASE IN POST-THAW MOTILITY OF FROZEN BOAR SPERMATOZOA  C. Pribenszky, M. Molnar, A. Horvath, A. Harnos and O. Szenci pp. 162-163 Abstract      110 VITRIFICATION DEVICES AFFECT DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE AND BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF IVM OVINE OOCYTES   S. Succu, G. G. Leoni, F. Berlinguer, F. Mossa, M. Galioto and S. Naitana pp. 163-163 Abstract      111 ESTIMATION OF SPERM QUALITY IN FRESH AND FROZEN–THAWED SEMEN FROM ASTURIANA DE LOS VALLES BULLS  C. Tamargo, M. Carbajo, C. Diez, D. Martin and C. O. Hidalgo pp. 163-164 Abstract      112 LLAMA LAMA GLAMA PREGNANCIES FROM VITRIFIED/WARMED BLASTOCYSTS USING A NOVEL COAXIAL CRYOPROTECTANT MICROINJECTION SYSTEM  P. Taylor, S. Taylor, M. Sansinena and R. Godke pp. 164-164 Abstract    |    Full Text      113 EFFECT OF SPERM COATING ON THE QUALITY OF BOVINE FROZEN–THAWED SPERMATOZOA  M. Thys, A. Van Soom, J. Dewulf, T. Rijsselaere and A. de Kruif pp. 164-165 Abstract    |    Full Text      114 VITRIFICATION OF BOVINE EMBRYOS IN MEDIUM WITH POLYVINYL ALCOHOL REPLACING BSA  D. J. Walker and G. E. Seidel Jr pp. 165-165 Abstract      115 SPERM CRYOPRESERVATION IN TRAGELAPHINE ANTELOPES  G. Wirtu, C. E. Pope, A. Cole, R. A. Godke, D. L. Paccamonti and B. L. Dresser pp. 166-166 Abstract    |    Full Text      116 EFFECTS OF l-GLUTAMINE ON CRYOPRESERVATION OF IMMATURE BOVINE OOCYTES  C. Yamada, M. D. Goissis, H. V. A. Caetano, A. R. S. Coutinho, M. E. O. A. Assumpção and J. A. Visintin pp. 167-168 Abstract    |    Full Text      117 VITRIFICATION OF CHAROLAIS AND HOLSTEIN BLASTOCYSTS USING LN SLUSH  S. Yavin, D. Ditesheim, Y. Zeron and A. Arav pp. 167-167 Abstract      118 EXPRESSION PROFILES OF CIRCADIAN CLOCK GENES IN MOUSE OOCYTES AND PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYOS   T. Amano, A. Matsushita, R. Kakegawa, K. Matsumoto, K. Saeki, Y. Hosoi and A. Iritani pp. 167-168 Abstract      119 EARLY BOVINE GESTATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: MANIPULATED (IVF) AND NOT MANIPULATED IN LABORATORY  A. C. Assis Neto, F. T. Verechia, C. E. Ambrosio, M. L. V. Alberto, F. V. Meirelles, J. M. Garcia, J. M. Santos and M. A. Miglino pp. 168-168 Abstract      120 EMBRYO SURVIVAL FOLLOWING LIPID-BASED TRANSFECTION OF 1-CELL STAGE BOVINE EMBRYOS WITH SMALL INTERFERING RNA (siRNA) FRAGMENTS AND/OR DNA  M. Bertolini, L. R. Bertolini, S. G. Petkov, K. R. Madden, J. D. Murray and G. B. Anderson pp. 168-169 Abstract    |    Full Text      121 DEMETHYLATION OF MAMMALIAN SOMATIC DNA BY XENOPUS EGG AND OOCYTE EXTRACTS   Y. Bian, R. Alberio, A. Johnson and K. Campbell pp. 169-170 Abstract      122 UNIQUE EXPRESSION PATTERNS OF DIFFERENTIATION, GROWTH, AND CELL STRUCTURE FACTORS IN THE ELONGATING PORCINE CONCEPTUS  L. A. Blomberg, J. R. Miles and K. A. Zuelke pp. 170-170 Abstract      123 HISTONE H3 MODIFICATIONS IN PIG OOCYTES DURING GROWTH, MATURATION, AND ACTIVATION   H.-T. Bui, V. T. Nguyen, T. Wakayama and T. Miyano pp. 170-170 Abstract      124 KNOCKING-IN OF A FOREIGN GENE ON A BOVINE BETA-CASEIN GENE INTO BOVINE PRIMARY FIBROBLASTS USING HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION EVENTS  M. Chang, K.-B. Oh, J.-S. Park, D.-B. Koo, S.-T. Shin, K.-K. Lee and Y.-M. Han pp. 171-171 Abstract      125 ISOLATION OF MULTILINEAGE STEM CELLS FROM THE PORCINE MAMMARY FAT PAD  T. Davidson, S. Lane, C. Ferguson, M. Wheeler and W. Hurley pp. 171-171 Abstract    |    Full Text      126 NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATION OF NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA B AND ITS ROLE IN MOUSE PRE-IMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT  Y. Fumiiwa, H. Imai and M. Yamada pp. 172-172 Abstract      127 BINDING RETINOID RECEPTORS BY SPECIFIC AGONISTS AFFECTS THE BOVINE BLASTOCYST DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO   E. Gómez, A. Rodríguez, C. Alonso-Montes, N. Caamaño, L. J. Royo, F. Goyache, N. Facal, S. Ikeda, I. Álvarez and C. Díez pp. 172-172 Abstract      128 MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DELETIONS IN RHESUS MACAQUE OOCYTES, EMBRYOS, AND ADULT AND EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS  T. Gibson, T. Quebedeaux, S. Rajasekaran and C. Brenner pp. 173-173 Abstract      129 INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-I PROMOTES BLASTOCYST DEVELOPMENT OF HEAT-SHOCKED BOVINE EMBRYOS INDEPENDENT OF ITS ANTI-APOPTOTIC EFFECTS REQUIRING P13K SIGNALING   F. D. Jousan and P. J. Hansen pp. 173-173 Abstract      130 ANTI-APOPTOTIC pTEGT SHOWS A DIFFERENTIAL mRNA TRANSCRIPT LEVEL DURING IN VITRO MATURATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF PORCINE IVP EMBRYO  J.-Y. Kim, J.-H. Kim, H.-Y. Choi, B.-W. Kim, S. J. Uhm, H. T. Lee and S.-G. Cho pp. 173-174 Abstract      131 DYNAMICS OF HISTONE H3 METHYLATION AT POSITIONS K4 AND K9 IN MOUSE, RABBIT, AND BOVINE PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYOS  K. Lepikhov, F. Yang, C. Wrenzycki, V. Zakhartchenko, H. Niemann, E. Wolf and J. Walter pp. 174-174 Abstract      132 DIFFERENCES IN RESPIRATION RATES BETWEEN IN VIVO- AND IN VITRO-PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS  A. S. Lopes, S. E. Madsen, N. B. Ramsing, L. H. Larsen, T. Greve and H. Callesen pp. 174-175 Abstract      133 ROLE OF CASPASE-9 AND STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT IN INDUCTION OF APOPTOSIS BY HEAT SHOCK AND TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-α IN BOVINE PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYOS  B. Loureiro, A. M. Brad and P. J. Hansen pp. 175-175 Abstract      134 BRAHMA-RELATED-PROTEIN 1 OVEREXPRESSION IN PARTHENOGENETIC PORCINE EMBRYOS  L. Magnani and R. Cabot pp. 175-176 Abstract      135 THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT TREATMENTS OF PORCINE EJACULATED AND EPIDIDYMAL SPERMATOZOA ON ROS GENERATION   C. Matás, M. Sansegundo, S. Ruiz and J. Gadea pp. 176-176 Abstract      136 FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF RHOPHILIN-2 GENE IN PRE-IMPLANTATION MOUSE EMBRYO   T. Matsuoka, Y. Sono, K. Matsumoto, T. Amano, S. Mizuno, Y. Hosoi, K. Saeki and A. Iritani pp. 176-177 Abstract      137 IRON TRANSFER ACROSS THE LLAMA PLACENTA (LAMA GUANICOE GLAMA)  M. A. Miglino, D. Iturrizaga, A. C. Morini, F. T. Verechia, J. R.o Kfoury Jr, J. M. Monteiro and F. W. Bazer pp. 177-177 Abstract      138 IN VITRO CULTURE OF CD9-EXPRESSING CELLS ENRICHED BY MAGNETIC CELL SORTING FROM TESTES OF CRYPTORCHID ADULT AND PUP IN MICE  T. Mitani, Y. Tanaka, Y. Ozaki, K. Saeki, K. Kato, K. Matsumoto, Y. Hosoi and A. Iritani pp. 177-178 Abstract      139 INJECTION OF SOMATIC CELL CYTOPLASM INTO OOCYTES BEFORE ICSI IMPAIRED FULL-TERM DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASED PLACENTA WEIGHT IN MICE  V. T. Nguyen, S. Wakayama, S. Kishigami, H. Ohta, T. Hikichi, E. Mizutani, H.-T. Bui and T. Wakayama pp. 178-178 Abstract      140 IMMUNOLOCALIZATION OF INDOLEAMINE 2,3-DIOXYGENASE IN PLACENTA FROM BOVINE CLONED CONCEPTUS PREGNANCY  L. J. Oliveira, J. M. Monteiro, S. C. Oloris, M. R. Rodrigues, S. S. Okada, F. V. T. Verechia, F. V. Meirelles, J. A. Visintin, A. Campa and J. R. Kfoury Jr pp. 178-179 Abstract      141 EXPRESSION OF GENE PRODUCTS ENCODING CNN PROTEINS DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT   A. Pin and A. Watson pp. 179-179 Abstract      142 INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM UPTAKE AS A RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT CAPACITATION TREATMENTS IN EJACULATE AND EPIDIDYMAL BOAR SPERMATOZOA   M. Sansegundo, S. Ruiz, A. Gonzalez, N. T. Atucha and C. Matás pp. 179-179 Abstract      143 PRESENCE OF PROSTAGLANDIN F2α RECEPTOR IN IN VITRO-DERIVED MORULA AND BLASTOCYST STAGE BOVINE EMBRYOS   F. N. Scenna, J. L. Edwards, G. M. Pighetti and F. N. Schrick pp. 180-180 Abstract      144 EPIGENETIC ASYMMETRY IN HISTONE H3 LYSINE 9 DIMETHYLATION STATUS IN PRONUCLEAR STAGE PORCINE EMBRYOS   M. Sega and R. Cabot pp. 180-180 Abstract      145 STAGE-SPECIFIC EFFECT OF OXIDATIVE STRESS ON DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE, ROS GENERATION AND DNA DAMAGE OF PORCINE PARTHENOGENETIC EMBRYOS   M. Takahashi, M. Sakatani, S. Kobayashi, S. Kobayashi and H. Nagashima pp. 180-181 Abstract      146 EFFECT OF MATERNAL AGE AND PARITY ON THE PRESENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CADHERIN-E IN HAMSTER EMBRYOS DURING PRE-IMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORT  A. Trejo, C. Navarro-Maldonado, F. Jimenez and A. Rosado pp. 181-181 Abstract      147 IDENTIFICATION OF PRIMORDIAL GERM CELLS IN PORCINE EMBRYOS FROM THE PRIMITIVE STREAK STAGE  M. Vejlsted, H. Offenberg and P. Maddox-Hyttel pp. 181-182 Abstract      148 INDUCTION OF HYPOMETHYLATION BY EPIGENETIC ALTERATION OF SOMATIC NUCLEI IN CLONED BOVINE BLASTOCYSTS   G. Wee, J.-J. Shim, B.-S. Song, J.-S. Kim, D.-B. Koo, K.-K. Lee and Y.-M. Han pp. 182-182 Abstract      149 EXPRESSION OF ANGIOGENIC FACTORS AND THEIR MAJOR RECEPTORS IN THE SHEEP PLACENTA THROUGHOUT THE EARLY PREGNANCY   P. P. Borowicz, D. A. Redmer, A. T. Grazul-Bilska, G. Ptak, P. Loi and L. P. Reynolds pp. 182-183 Abstract      150 EFFECT OF TIMELY FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE TREATMENT ON PREGNANCY RATES IN HOLSTEIN HEIFERS   A. Guzeloglu, H. Erdem, M. K. Saribay, W. W. Thatcher and T. Tekeli pp. 183-183 Abstract      151 PROTEOMICS ANALYSIS OF PREGNANCY-SPECIFIC SERUM PROTEINS IN BOVINE   D. I. Jin, H. R. Lee, H. R. Kim, H. J. Lee, J. T. Yoon and C. S. Park pp. 183-183 Abstract      152 SURVIVAL OF BIOPSIED DAY 15 BOVINE CONCEPTI RE-TRANSFERRED TO SYNCHRONIZED RECIPIENT HEIFERS  R. Lee, M. Berg, L. McGowan, J. Peterson, A. Ledgard and N. Li pp. 183-184 Abstract    |    Full Text      153 ALLEVIATIVE EFFECTS OF ANTIOXIDANT ADMINISTRATION ON MATERNAL HYPERTHERMIA-INDUCED EARLY EMBRYONIC DEATH IN MICE   T. Matsuzuka, N. Sakamoto, M. Ozawa, A. Ushitani, M. Hirabayashi and Y. Kanai pp. 184-184 Abstract      154 EFFECTS OF THE BREED AND SEASON ON THE FERTILITY OF TROPICAL DUAL PURPOSE COWS   H. Nava-Trujillo, A. Hernández, H. Hernández-Fonseca, E. Soto-Belloso and F. Perea-Ganchou pp. 184-185 Abstract      155 QUALITY OF PORCINE EMBRYO PRODUCED IN TWO EMBRYO CULTURE MEDIA AS ASSESSED BY TOTAL CELL NUMBER AND TIME COURSE OF BLASTOCYST HATCHING   Y. Agca, H. Men, S. F. Mullen, L. K. Riley, R. S. Prather and J. K. Critser pp. 185-185 Abstract      156 PRETREATMENT WITH THE ANTIOXIDANT EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE (EGCG) COUNTERACTS THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF MATERNAL HYPERTHERMIA ON EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT IN MICE  A. Aroyo, S. Yavin, Z. Roth and A. Arav pp. 185-186 Abstract    |    Full Text      157 EFFECTS OF FETAL CALF SERUM OR PHENAZINE ETHOSULFATE AND FRUCTOSE OR GLUCOSE ON EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT AND LIPID ACCUMULATION OF BOVINE EMBRYOS  M. Barcelo-Fimbres and G. Seidel Jr pp. 186-186 Abstract    |    Full Text      158 EFFECTS OF APOTRANSFERRIN ON IN VITRO MATURATION OF CUMULUS–OOCYTES COMPLEXES (COCs) IN HANWOO, KOREAN NATIVE COWS   S.-H. Choi, S.-R. Cho, M.-H. Han, H.-J. Kim, C.-Y. Choe, D.-S. Son, Y.-K. Kim, Y.-G. Chung and H. Hoshi pp. 187-187 Abstract      159 THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ZWITTERIONIC BUFFERS AND PBS ON IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT AND MORPHOLOGY OF BOVINE EMBRYOS   J. De la Fuente, A. Gutiérrez-Adán, P. Beltrán Breña, S. S. Pérez-Garnelo and A. T. Palasz pp. 187-187 Abstract      160 EFFECT OF BSA SOURCES AND TYPES ON IN VITRO-PRODUCED LIVESTOCK EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT   J. R. Dobrinsky, A. M. Paprocki, V. L. Chrostowski, C. M. Penfield, K. R. Rozeboom and M. E. Wilson pp. 188-188 Abstract      161 LIPID CONTENT, RESISTANCE TO CRYOPRESERVATION, AND SEX RATIO OF IN VITRO BOVINE BLASTOCYSTS PRODUCED IN A SERUM-FREE SYSTEM  F. George, C. Daniaux, G. Genicot, F. Focant, B. Verhaeghe, P. Lambert and I. Donnay pp. 188-189 Abstract    |    Full Text      162 IMPROVED EMBRYO SURVIVAL AND QUALITY WITH EMCARE II  A. Harvey, M. Lane and J. Thompson pp. 189-189 Abstract    |    Full Text      163 SUCROSE ADDITION AT EARLY CULTURE STAGE IMPROVES DEVELOPMENT OF PRE-IMPLANTATION PORCINE NT AND IVF EMBRYOS   I.-S. Hwang, J.-S. Seo, H.-S. Park, S.-W. Kim, D.-H. Kim, B.-C. Yang, B.-S. Yang, H.-T. Cheong and G.-S. Im pp. 189-190 Abstract      164 HEAT STRESS ENHANCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF PORCINE PARTHENOGENETIC EMBRYOS, BUT NOT IN VITRO-FERTILIZED EMBRYOS   S. C. Isom, R. S. Prather and E. B. Rucker III pp. 190-190 Abstract      165 EFFECTS OF GLUCOSE CONCENTRATIONS ON IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT AND THE INTRACELLULAR OXIDATIVE STATE OF IN VITRO-PRODUCED PORCINE EMBRYOS   N. W. K. Karja, K. Kikuchi, M. Fahrudin, O. Manabu, T. Somfai, J. Noguchi, H. Kaneko and T. Nagai pp. 190-191 Abstract      166 EFFECTS OF LEPTIN AND IGF-1 ON PRE-IMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT, DNA FRAGMENTATION, AND GENE EXPRESSION OF BOVINE EMBRYOS CULTURED IN VITRO  A. Kaya, H. Sagirkaya, M. Misirlioglu, A. Gumen, E. Memili and J. J. Parrish pp. 191-191 Abstract      167 THE SUPPLEMENTATION OF GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR (GM-CSF) PROMOTES THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR TRANSFERRED BOVINE EMBRYOS   D. H. Kim, S. W. Kim, B. C. Yang, G. S. Im, H. S. Park, I. S. Hwang, J. S. Seo, H. H. Seong and B. S. Yang pp. 191-191 Abstract      168 IMPROVED MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL AND PRE-IMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT OF PORCINE EMBRYOS BY DIBUTYRYL cAMP TREATMENT   J.-S. Kim, D.-B. Koo, B.-S. Song, G. B. Wee, K.-K. Lee and Y.-M. Han pp. 192-192 Abstract      169 FORSKOLIN INDUCED INCREASE IN LIPOLYTIC ACTIVITY I PORCINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED IN VITRO  H. Men, Y. Agca, L. K. Riley, R. S. Prather and J. K. Critser pp. 192-192 Abstract      170 POST-THAW VIABILITY OF IN VITRO-PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS CULTURED EITHER IN HOST CAPRINE REPRODUCTIVE TRACTS OR IN VITRO   S. Menges, C. Bormann, B. Stroud, D. Kraemer, M. Westhusin and C. Long pp. 193-193 Abstract      171 EFFECT OF LONG-TERM TRANSPORTATION OF OVARIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF IN VITRO-PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS  M. Nakatate, K. Tsuchiya, I. Adachi, K. Takahashi, A. Aisan, A. Sugulle, O. Dochi and H. Koyama pp. 193-193 Abstract    |    Full Text      172 ADMINISTRATION OF GLUTATHIONE OR THIOREDOXIN TO MEDIUM REDUCES INTRACELLULAR REDOX STATUS AND IMPROVES EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE BLASTOCYST STAGE OF PORCINE IVM/IVF OOCYTES   M. Ozawa, T. Nagai, M. Fahrudin, N. W. K. Karja, H. Kaneko, J. Noguchi, K. Ohnuma and K. Kikuchi pp. 194-194 Abstract      173 THE EFFECT OF AMINO ACIDS AND HYALURONAN ON BOVINE EMBRYO IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT AND GENE EXPRESSION PATTERN   A. T. Palasz, J. Beltrán Breña, P. De la Fuente, M. F. Martinez and A. Gutiérrez-Adán pp. 194-194 Abstract      174 DEVELOPMENT OF IN VITRO-FERTILIZED BOVINE EMBRYOS AFTER EXPOSURE TO TRYPLE™ EXPRESS (RECOMBINANT TRYPSIN)  J. H. Pryor, K. R. Bondioli, S. K. Wood, M. D. Givens and C. R. Looney pp. 195-195 Abstract    |    Full Text      175 BOVINE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT AND MRNA EXPRESSION IN BLASTOCYSTS CULTURED IN ISOLATED MOUSE OVIDUCTS MAINTAINED IN SOF OR KSOM   D. Rizos, B. Pintado, J. de la Fuente, P. Lonergan and A. Gutierrez-Adan pp. 195-196 Abstract      176 EFFECT OF HYPERTHERMIA ON DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF GERMINAL-STAGE OOCYTES: IN VIVO AND EX VIVO STUDIES IN MICE   Z. Roth, A. Aroyo, S. Yavin and A. Arav pp. 196-196 Abstract      177 ANTHOCYANIN ISOLATED FROM PURPLE SWEET POTATO IMPROVES DEVELOPMENT AND REDUCES OXIDATIVE STRESS OF BOVINE PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYOS EXPOSED TO HEAT SHOCK   M. Sakatani, I. Suda, T. Oki, S.-I. Kobayashi, S. Kobayashi and M. Takahashi pp. 196-196 Abstract      178 IMPROVED DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF BOVINE EMBRYOS BY PGI2 ANALOG TREATMENT   B. S. Song, J. S. Kim, D. B. Koo, J. S. Park, K. K. Lee and Y. M. Han pp. 197-197 Abstract      179 EFFECTS OF AN ENDOCANNABINOID, ANANDAMIDE, ON BOVINE BLASTOCYST DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO  M. Y. Turco, K. Matsukawa, P. Loi and G. Ptak pp. 197-197 Abstract    |    Full Text      180 DETECTION OF CASPASE-3 AND -7 IN NORMAL AND SLOW DEVELOPING BOVINE IN VITRO EMBRYOS  L. Vandaele, B. Mateusen, D. Maes and A. Van Soom pp. 198-198 Abstract    |    Full Text      181 MOUSE TRIPLETS DEVELOPED FROM SINGLE BLASTOMERES OF AN 8-CELL-STAGE EMBRYO SUPPORTED WITH TETRAPLOID EMBRYOS   C. V. Bogdan, A. P. Catunda, S. Bodo, D. Ilie, A. Kovacs and E. Gocza pp. 198-199 Abstract      182 FAST STAINING METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIAL STAINING OF INNER CELL MASS AND TROPHECTODERM CELLS OF MAMMALIAN BLASTOCYSTS  S. W. Kim, J.-K. Park, J.-H. Han, C. G. Park and W.-K. Chang pp. 199-199 Abstract      183 DEVELOPMENT OF PORCINE EMBRYOS MICROINJECTED WITH PORCINE EMBRYONIC GERM CELLS  C.-H. Park, S.-G. Lee, D.-H. Choi, M.-G. Kim and C. K. Lee pp. 199-199 Abstract    |    Full Text      184 EFFECT OF LIVE CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE IMAGING ON EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT  P. Ross and J. Cibelli pp. 200-200 Abstract    |    Full Text      185 EMBRYONIC LOSS IN PIGS ASSOCIATED WITH OVIDUCT TRANSPLANTATION OF EARLY-STAGE EMBRYOS WITH DAMAGES IN THE ZONA PELLUCIDA   S. Ueno, M. Kurome, R. Tomii, K. Hiruma, N. Maeda, H. Saito and H. Nagashima pp. 200-201 Abstract      186 COMPARISON OF IVF AND ICSI TREATMENTS ON THE FERTILIZATION, EMBRYO CLEAVAGE, EMBRYO TRANSFER, PREGNANCY, AND EMBRYO IMPLANTATION RATES IN IMMUNOLOGICALLY INFERTILE PATIENTS   S. Al-Anssari, M. Ridha-Barzanchi, N. Hawa, S. Mahmood and S. Khunda pp. 201-201 Abstract      187 RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EXTINCT STRAIN OF SHEEP FROM A LIMITED SUPPLY OF FROZEN SEMEN   C. Bormann, C. Long, S. Menges, C. Hanna, G. Foxworth, T. Shin, M. Westhusin, V. Pliska, G. Stranzinger, H. Joerg, H. Glimp, L. Millsap, C. Porada, G. Almeida-Porada and D. Kraemer pp. 201-202 Abstract      188 EFFECT OF TRANSFER OF FROZEN-THAWED IVF EMBRYOS ON PREGNANCY IN REPEAT-BREEDER INSEMINATED OR NON-INSEMINATED HOLSTEIN CATTLE  O. Dochi, M. Tanisawa, S. Goda and H. Koyama pp. 202-202 Abstract    |    Full Text      189 PREGNANCY RATES IN HEAT-STRESSED DAIRY CATTLE RECEIVING ONE OR TWO IN VITRO-PRODUCED EMBRYOS IN A TIMED EMBRYO TRANSFER PROGRAM   M. Franco, J. Block, F. D. Jousan, L. A. de Castro e Paula, A. M. Brad, J. M. Franco, F. Grisel, R. L. Monson, J. J. Rutledge and P. J. Hansen pp. 202-203 Abstract      190 EFFECT OF THE PROPERTIES OF CERVICAL MUCUS ON PREGNANCY RATES IN HOLSTEIN HEIFERS AND COWS AFTER EMBRYO TRANSFER  T. Maekawa, S. Morita, O. Douchi and H. Koyama pp. 203-203 Abstract    |    Full Text      191 INFLUENCE OF THE DIFFERENT TIME COMPONENTS BETWEEN FLUSHING AND TRANSFER ON PREGNANCY RATES OF FROZEN CATTLE EMBRYOS  C. Ponsart, H. Quinton, A. Rohou, J. Kelhembo, G. Bourgoin and P. Humblot pp. 203-204 Abstract      192 THE USE OF FIXED-TIME TECHNIQUES AND eCG TO SYNCHRONIZE RECIPIENTS for FROZEN–THAWED BOVINE IVF EMBRYOS   R. Remillard, M. Martínez, G. Bó and R. Mapletoft pp. 204-204 Abstract      193 EVALUATION OF A NOVEL ELECTRONIC ESTRUS DETECTION DEVICE IN RECIPIENTS SYNCHRONIZED FOR EMBRYO TRANSFER   T. VanEtten, F. Ireland, D. Vandever, D. Kesler and M. Wheeler pp. 204-205 Abstract      194 ESTABLISHMENT OF GOAT EMBRYONIC STEM CELL-LIKE LINES DERIVED FROM IN VIVO-PRODUCED BLASTOCYST-STAGE EMBRYOS   E. Behboodi, I. Begin, K. Rao, N. Neveu, J. Pierson, H. Baldassarre and C. Karatzas pp. 205-205 Abstract      195 DEVELOPMENT OF INNER CELL MASS AND FORMATION OF EMBRYOID BODIES ON A GELATIN-COATED DISH AND ON THE FEEDER LAYER IN BUFFALO (BUBALUS BUBALIS)   M. S. Chauhan, V. Verma, R. S. Manik, P. Palta, S. K. Singla and S. L. Goswami pp. 205-206 Abstract      196 EFFECT OF MITROMYCIN-C ON VIABILITY AND CELL PROLIFERATION OF DOMESTIC CAT AND MOUSE EMBRYONIC FIBROBLASTS  M. C. Gómez, J. A. Jenkins, M. López, M. A. Serrano, C. Dumas, B. L. Dresser and C. E. Pope pp. 206-206 Abstract    |    Full Text      197 PRODUCTION OF IN VITRO- AND IN VIVO-DERIVED CAT BLASTOCYSTS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FELINE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS   J. Kehler, M. Roelke-Parker, B. Pukazhenthi, W. Swanson, C. Ware, I. Dobrinski and S. O’Brien pp. 207-207 Abstract      198 REPROGRAMMING FIBROBLAST CELL CULTURES WITH EMBRYONIC STEM-CELL EXTRACTS   J. Kobolak, H. Rozsar, E. Fellinger and A. Dinnyes pp. 207-207 Abstract      199 DIFFERENTIATION OF HIGHLY ENRICHED OLIGODENDROCYTE PRECURSORS AND MATURE OLIGODENDROCYTES FROM RHESUS MONKEY EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS   T. Li, Y. Xie and W. Ji pp. 207-207 Abstract      200 TRANSPLANTATION AND IN VIVO DIFFERENTIATION OF ADIPOSE-DERIVED STEM CELLS IN SWINE  A. S. Lima, S. A. Malusky, M. R. B. Mello, S. J. Lane, J. R. Rivera and M. B. Wheeler pp. 208-208 Abstract      201 CHARACTERIZATION OF CANINE EMBRYONIC GERM CELLS: AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL FOR CELL THERAPY   D. S. Martins, N. Z. Saraiva, J. M. Garcia, C. E. Ambrósio, M. Zatz and M. A. Miglino pp. 209-209 Abstract      202 IN VITRO DIFFERENTIATION OF ADULT PORCINE ADIPOSE-DERIVED STEM CELLS AFTER LABELING WITH PKH26 AND FLOW CYTOMETRY   M. Mello, A. Lima, S. Malusky, S. Lane and M. Wheeler pp. 209-209 Abstract      203 EFFECT OF OXYGEN TENSION AND SUBSTRATE ON GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION OF MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS   M. A. Ramírez, E. Pericuesta, M. Pérez-Crespo, R. Fernández-González, P. N. Moreira, D. Rizos, B. Pintado and A. Gutiérrez-Adán pp. 209-210 Abstract      204 SPONTANEOUS DIFFERENTIATION OF PORCINE INNER CELL MASS-DERIVED CELLS INTO CELLS DISPLAYING NEURAL AND GLIAL MARKERS   K. Schauser, S. Friis, M. Schmidt and P. Maddox-Hyttel pp. 210-210 Abstract      205 DERIVATION OF CAT EMBRYONIC STEM-LIKE CELLS FROM IN VITRO-PRODUCED BLASTOCYSTS AND THEIR SUPPORT BY INTRASPECIFIC VS. INTERSPECIFIC FEEDER CELLS   M. A. Serrano, M. C. Gómez, M. Lopez, C. L. Dumas, K. E. Smith, S. P. Leibo, B. L. Dresser and C. E. Pope pp. 210-211 Abstract      206 COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF VARIOUS PROTOCOLS FOR NEURAL DIFFERENTIATION OF MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS  A. Tas, S. Arat and H. Dalcik pp. 211-211 Abstract      207 ESTABILSHMENT OF CYNOMOLGUS MONKEY EMBRYONIC STEM CELL LINES AND CONFIRMATION OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR GERMINAL COMPETENCY   T. Teramura, N. Kawata, N. Fujinami, M. Takenoshita, N. Sagawa, K. Matsumoto, K. Saeki, Y. Hosoi and A. Iritani pp. 211-212 Abstract      208 CYTOLYTIC ANALYSIS AND NUCLEAR TRANSFER OF hCD46-TRANSGENIC PORCINE EMBRYONIC GERM CELLS TO DEVELOP AND IN VITRO MODEL OF XENOTRANSPLANTATION   J. Y. Won, K. S. Ahn, S. Y. Heo, J. H. Kang and H. Shim pp. 212-212 Abstract      209 RISKS OF TRANSMITTING MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS BY TRANSFER OF IN VIVO-DERIVED AND IN VITRO-FERTILIZED BOVINE EMBRYOS  A. Bielanski, J. Algire, G. Randall and O. Surujballi pp. 212-212 Abstract      210 EFFECTS OF INTERFERON-τ ON REPLICATION OF BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS AND BOVINE HERPESVIRUS-1  P. Galik, J. Waldrop and S. Marley pp. 213-213 Abstract      211 LACTOFERRIN INHIBITS BOVINE HERPESVIRUS-1 IN CELL CULTURE AND ALLOWS NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF IN VITRO-PRODUCED EMBRYOS   M. Givens, M. Marley, P. Galik, K. Riddell and D. Stringfellow pp. 213-213 Abstract      212 TRYPLE SELECT (10X) EFFECTIVELY REMOVES BOVINE HERPESVIRUS-1 ASSOCIATED WITH IN VIVO-DERIVED EMBRYOS  M. Marley, C. Looney, M. Givens, P. Galik, K. Riddell and D. Stringfellow pp. 213-214 Abstract    |    Full Text      213 ASSESSMENT OF THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF PORCINE PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYOS TO PSEUDORABIES VIRUS (PRV) AND PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME VIRUS (PRRSV) USING SUBZONAL MICROINJECTION   B. Mateusen, A. Van Soom, D. Maes and H. Nauwynck pp. 214-214 Abstract      214 USE OF VIRUS ISOLATION AND QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION TECHNIQUES TO DETECT BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS (BVDV) IN SINGLE OR SMALL GROUPS OF PRE-IMPLANTATION BOVINE EMBRYOS   J. Waldrop, M. Givens, K. Riddell, P. Galik and D. Stringfellow pp. 214-215 Abstract      215 EPIDIDYMAL SPERM CRYOPRESERVATION OF ONE SOMALIA WILD ASS (EQUUS AFRICANUS SOMALIENSIS) USING SIX DIFFERENT EXTENDERS  M. Álvarez, F. Martínez-Pastor, V. García-Macías, S. Borragán, M. Celada, J. Bernardo, N. Gonzalez, S. Alves and L. Anel pp. 215-215 Abstract    |    Full Text      216 IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION, FERTILIZATION, AND CULTURE AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC OVUM PICK-UP IN AN ENDANGERED GAZELLE (GAZELLA DAMA MHORR)   F. Berlinguer, S. Succu, A. del Olmo, R. Gonzalez, J. J. Garde, G. Espeso, M. Gomendio, S. Ledda and E. R. S. Roldan pp. 216-216 Abstract      217 QUALITY CHANGES IN POST-THAW SPRINGBOK (ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS) EPIDIDYMAL SPERM MAINTAINED IN FERTILIZATION MEDIUM  F. P. Chatiza, G. M. Pieterse and P. Bartels pp. 216-217 Abstract    |    Full Text      218 EJACULATE TRAITS OF THE NAMIBIAN CHEETAH (ACINONYX JUBATUS)—INFLUENCE OF ANIMAL AGE, SEASON, AND CAPTIVITY   A. E. Crosier, L. L. Marker, J. G. Howard, B. S. Pukazhenthi, J. N. Henghali and D. E. Wildt pp. 217-217 Abstract      219 MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION OF EPIDIDYMAL AND EJACULATED SPERMATOZOA FROM BROWN BEAR (URSUS ARCTOS)  V. Garcia-Macias, F. Martinez-Pastor, M. Alvarez, P. Paz, S. Borragan, M. Celada, E. Anel and L. Anel pp. 217-218 Abstract    |    Full Text      220 LIVE BIRTH OF A MOHOR GAZELLE (GAZELLA DAMA MHORR) CALF FOLLOWING INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION OF MOTHER WITH FROZEN–THAWED SEMEN   J. J. Garde, M. Gomendio, G. Espeso and E. R. S. Roldan pp. 218-218 Abstract      221 BASAL SEMINAL TRAITS AND IN VITRO FERTILIZATION IN THE SAND CAT (FELIS MARGARITA)   J. Herrick, K. Leiske, G. Magarey and W. Swanson pp. 218-219 Abstract      222 IN VITRO FERTILIZATION OF OOCYTES OBTAINED THROUGH TRANSVAGINAL OOCYTE RETRIEVAL FROM CYCLIC MURRAH BUFFALOES (BUBALUS BUBALIS)   R. S. Manik, M. S. Chauhan, V. Gupta, S. K. Singla and P. Palta pp. 219-219 Abstract      223 DESCRIPTION OF GENITALIA AND SPERM RECOVERED POSTMORTEM FROM A PYGMY SPERM WHALE, KOGIA BREVICEPS  F. Martinez-Pastor, V. Garcia-Macias, J. Garcia, M. Alvarez, E. Anel, P. Herraez, P. de Paz and L. Anel pp. 219-220 Abstract    |    Full Text      224 OVARIAN FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT DURING SEASONAL TRANSITION IN WAPITI  R. McCorkell, M. Woodbury and G. Adams pp. 220-220 Abstract      225 IN VITRO MATURATION OF LION OOCYTES   B. Merlo, E. Iacono, G. Mari and D. Zambelli pp. 220-221 Abstract      226 BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CAPTIVE BROWN BEAR (URSUS ARCTOS) SPERMATOZOA COLLECTED BY ELECTROEJACULATION AND FROM THE POSTMORTEM EPIDIDYMIS  S. S. Pérez-Garnelo, C. Borque, M. Delclaux, C. Talavera, E. Martínez, A. T. Palasz and J. De la Fuente pp. 221-221 Abstract    |    Full Text      227 REPRODUCTIVE ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE GREY SHORT-TAILED OPOSSUM (MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA): CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEVELOPING ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION BY CATHETER  D. B. B. P. Paris pp. 222-222 Abstract      228 COLLECTION AND EVALUATION OF SEMEN OF SLOTH (BRADYPUS TRIDACTYLUS)   M. A. Peres, A. B. Nascimento, V. P. Oliveira, C. Yamada, A. C. Nicacio, J. A. Visintin and M. E. O. A. Assumpção pp. 222-222 Abstract      229 OOCYTE RECOVERY, IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AND EMBRYO TRANSFER IN THE SERVAL (LEPTAILURUS SERVAL)  C. E. Pope, M. C. Gómez, A. Cole, C. Dumas and B. L. Dresser pp. 223-223 Abstract    |    Full Text      230 IN VITRO MATURATION OF OOCYTES FROM ENDANGERED DORCAS GAZELLE (GAZELLA DORCAS NEGLECTA)  E. R. S. Roldan, F. Berlinguer, S. Succu, R. Gonzalez, A. del Olmo, G. Espeso, M. Gomendio and S. Ledda pp. 223-223 Abstract      231 CELLULAR PROLIFERATION IN FETAL OVARIAN FOLLICLES FROM LATE PREGNANT SHEEP FED MAINTENANCE OR RESTRICTED DIETS WITH NORMAL OR ENHANCED SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS   W. J. Arndt, A. Grazul-Bilska, J. S. Caton, E. Borowczyk, P. P. Borowicz, M. A. Ward, D. A. Redmer, L. P. Reynolds and K. A. Vonnahme pp. 224-224 Abstract      232 EFFECT OF DIETARY FAT SUPPLEMENTATION ON OOCYTE AND EMBRYO QUALITY AND ON EARLY EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT OF SHEEP  G. Cancino-Arroyo, R. Ake-López, J. Herrera, F. Centurion and A. Ordoñez-León pp. 224-224 Abstract      233 TEMPOROSPATIAL EXPRESSION PROFILES OF GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR-9 AND BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN-15 GENES IN THE BOVINE OVARY  M. Hosoe, K. Kaneyama, K. Ushizawa, S. Akagi, J. Noguchi and T. Takahashi pp. 225-225 Abstract      234 POTENTIAL SEASONAL INFLUENCE ON THE RECOVERY OF IN VIVO-MATURED CANINE OOCYTES BY FLUSHING FALLOPIAN TUBES   M. S. Hossein, M. K. K , G. Jang, Y. H. Fibrianto, H. J. Oh, H. J. Kim, S. K. Kang, B. C. Lee and W. S. Hwang pp. 225-225 Abstract      235 FOLLICULAR WAVE EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING ESTRADIOL PLUS PROGESTERONE AT A GROWING OR A STATIC PHASE OF THE DOMINANT FOLLICLE IN CIDR-TREATED, LACTATING DAIRY COWS   U. H. Kim, G. H. Suh and I. H. Kim pp. 225-226 Abstract      236 NUCLEAR AND CYTOPLASMIC MODIFICATIONS OF GERMINAL VESICLE BOVINE OOCYTES IN RELATION TO CHROMATIN REMODELING   V. Lodde, P. Maddox-Hyttel, S. Modina and A. M. Luciano pp. 226-226 Abstract      237 EXPRESSION OF THE FULL-LENGTH AND ALTERNATIVELY SPLICED BOVINE LH RECEPTOR mRNAs IN GRANULOSA CELLS FROM FOLLICLES ≥ 7 mm IN DIAMETER   M. F. G. Nogueira, M. L. G. Pinto, C. A. Rainho, M. C. W. Avellar, C. A. Price, J. Buratini Jr and C. M. Barros pp. 226-227 Abstract      238 THE EFFECT OF TRANSVAGINAL FOLLICULAR ASPIRATION AND THE ROLE OF PROGESTERONE IN FOLLICULAR CYSTS OF DAIRY CATTLE   H. Ortegon, J. Petrik, J. S. Walton and W. H. Johnson pp. 227-227 Abstract      239 HORMONE PROFILE AND OVARIAN FOLLICLE DIAMETER IN EARLY POSTPARTUM LACTATING COWS  S. J. Park, K. S. Baek, S. B. Park, B. S. Ahn and H. S. Kim pp. 227-228 Abstract      240 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEAK NUMBER OF ANTRAL FOLLICLES AND FOLLICULAR WAVES, HORMONE CONCENTRATIONS, SUPEROVULATORY RESPONSE, AND EMBRYO QUALITY IN BEEF HEIFERS   F. Ward, P. Lonergan, F. Jimenez-Krassel, J. J. Ireland and A. C. O. Evans pp. 228-228 Abstract      241 EFFECT OF INTRODUCTION OF THE INVERDALE FECUNDITY (FecXI) GENE INTO A TEXEL × SCOTTISH HILL EWE (CHEVIOT) FLOCK ON LITTER SIZE, BIRTHWEIGHT, AND LAMB SURVIVAL   F. M. Alink, J. J. Robinson, M. J. A. Mylne, P. Kenyon, R. G. Watt, M. J. Wood and T. G. McEvoy pp. 228-229 Abstract      242 POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF JY-1 mRNA ABUNDANCE DURING THE BOVINE OOCYTE-TO-EMBRYO TRANSITION   A. Bettegowda, O. V. Patel, J. Yao, J. J. Ireland and G. W. Smith pp. 229-229 Abstract      243 REPROGRAMMING OF FIBROBLASTS TO EXPRESS MALE GERM CELL OR MAST CELL FUNCTIONS USING TESTIS OR MAST CELL-DERIVED CELL EXTRACTS   H.-Y. Choi, B.-W. Kim, E.-R. Lee, S. Roh and S.-G. Cho pp. 229-230 Abstract      244 GATA-1 PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN ENDOTHELIAL CELL-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION OF THE 1.1-kb CD55 PROMOTER REGION   T.-W. Choi, M.-Y. Jeong, B.-W. Kim, J.-Y. Kim, H.-Y. Choi, J.-H. Kim, H. T. Lee and S.-G. Cho pp. 230-230 Abstract      245 EXPRESSION AND FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF CELL DIVISION CYCLE 42 IN MOUSE OOCYTES MATURATION AND PRE-IMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT  X.-S. Cui, X.-Y. Li and N.-H. Kim pp. 230-231 Abstract      246 EXPRESSION PATTERN OF NANOG AND Par3 GENES IN IN VITRO-DERIVED BOVINE EMBRYOS  F. Gandolfi, F. Cillo, S. Antonini, S. Colleoni, I. Lagutina, G. Lazzari, C. Galli and T. Brevini pp. 231-231 Abstract      247 MESSENGER RNA EXPRESSION PATTERNS OF DNA AND HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASES IN PREIMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT OF IN VIVO- AND IN VITRO-PRODUCED BOVINE EMBRYOS   K. Höffmann, H. Niemann, K.-G. Hadeler, D. Herrmann and C. Wrenzycki pp. 231-232 Abstract      248 ALTERED GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES IN PIG scNT-DERIVED UMBILICAL CORD  K. C. Hwang, S. K. Cho and J. H. Kim pp. 232-232 Abstract      249 EXPRESSION OF GROWTH-RELATED IMPRINTED GENES IN DECEASED NEWBORN AND SURVIVING CLONED PIGLETS   L. Jiang, P. Jobst, D. Ayares, R. S. Prather, X. Yang and X. C. Tian pp. 232-232 Abstract      250 DISTRIBUTION OF HISTONE macroH2A1 IN BOVINE PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYOS DERIVED FROM PARTHENOGENETIC ACTIVATION AND IN VITRO FERTILIZATION  C. Kim, Y. Ma, C.-C. Chang, T. Rasmussen, X. Yang and C. Tian pp. 232-233 Abstract      251 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS IN PORCINE PRE-IMPLANTATION EMBRYOS DERIVED FROM DIFFERENT ORIGINS   J.-G. Kim, H.-F. Jin, B.-K. Mohana, H.-J. Song, Y.-J. Jeong, S. Balasubramanian, S.-Y. Choe and G.-J. Rho pp. 233-233 Abstract      252 DIFFERENCES IN GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES IN MOUSE FERTILIZED BLASTOCYSTS AND DIPLOID BLASTOCYST STAGE PARTHENOTES  N.-H. Kim, S.-K. Cho, X.-Y. Li, X.-H. Shen and X.-S. Cui pp. 233-234 Abstract      253 GENE SILENCING OF CYCLOOXYGENASE-2 mRNA BY RNA INTERFERENCE IN BOVINE CUMULUS–GRANULOSA CELLS  S.-I. Kobayashi, M. Sakatani, S. Kobayashi, K. Okuda and M. Takahashi pp. 234-234 Abstract      254 DIFFERENTIAL TRANSCRIPTION AND CYSTOPLASMIC POLYADENYLATION ELEMENTS IN PORCINE GERMINAL VESICLE AND METAPHASE II OOCYTES  S. Korte, G. Springer, W. Spollen, R. Patel, K. Whitworth, N. Bivens, L. Forrester, C. Murphy, J. Green and R. Prather pp. 234-235 Abstract    |    Full Text      255 GENE EXPRESSION OF Cox 5a, 5b, AND 6b1 AND THEIR ROLES IN PRE-IMPLANTATION OF MOUSE EMBRYOS  S.-E. Lee, X.-Y. Li, X.-S. Cui and N.-H. Kim pp. 235-235 Abstract      256 LINES OF PIGS SELECTED FOR COMPONENT TRAITS OF LITTER SIZE EXHIBIT DIFFERENTIAL GENE REGULATION AT THE ONSET OF EMBRYO (TROPHECTODERM) ELONGATION   J. R. Miles, L. A. Blomberg, B. A. Freking and K. A. Zuelke pp. 235-236 Abstract      257 EXPRESSION OF DEVELOPMENTAL GENES IN PORCINE NUCLEAR TRANSFER EMBRYOS RECONSTRUCTED WITH BONE MARROW MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS   B. Mohana Kumar, H.-F. Jin, J.-G. Kim, S. Balasubramanian, S.-Y. Choe and G.-J. Rho pp. 236-236 Abstract      258 MESSENGER RNA EXPRESSION PATTERNS OF HISTONE MODIFICATION GENES IN BOVINE EMBRYOS DERIVED FROM DIFFERENT ORIGINS  M. Nowak-Imialek, C. Wrenzycki, D. Herrmann, I. Lagutina, A. Lucas-Hahn, E. Lemme, G. Lazzari, C. Galli, K.-G. Hadeler and H. Niemann pp. 236-237 Abstract      259 LOCALIZATION OF LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR (LIF) GENE IN BOVINE PLACENTA   K. Oshima, H. Watanabe, T. Kojima, M. Komatsu and N. Yamamoto pp. 237-237 Abstract      260 COMPREHENSIVE IDENTIFICATION OF RELATIVE GENES CAUSING ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED BY SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER   J. Park, N. Minami and H. Imai pp. 237-238 Abstract      261 IDENTIFICATION OF OOCYTE- AND CUMULUS-DERIVED CO-REGULATED AND DIFFERENTIALLY REGULATED TRANSCRIPTS ASSOCIATED WITH BOVINE MEIOTIC MATURATION  O. V. Patel, A. Bettegowda, J. J. Ireland and G. W. Smith pp. 238-238 Abstract      262 TISSUE-SPECIFIC ANALYSIS OF PRION EXPRESSION IN EARLY BOVINE FETUSES  O. Peralta, W. Huckle, M. Martinez, J. Correa, R. Gatica and W. Eyestone pp. 238-239 Abstract      263 USE OF PORCINE PARTHENOTES AND GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING USING MICROARRAYS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF IMPRINTED GENES  J. Piedrahita, S. Bischoff, J. Estrada, B. Freking, D. Nonneman, A. Martin, B. Mir, G. Rohrer and S. Tsai pp. 239-239 Abstract      264 IDENTIFICATION OF THE PREDOMINANT TRANSCRIPT IN BOVINE OOCYTES, IN VITRO-DERIVED BLASTOCYSTS, AND IN NUCLEAR TRANSFER BLASTOCYSTS  R. S. Prather, S. Korte, R. Woods, L. Spate, N. Bivens, L. J. Forrester, G. K. Springer, R. V. Patel, Z. H. Liu, C. N. Murphy and J. A. Green pp. 239-240 Abstract    |    Full Text      265 DEVELOPMENT AND DYNAMICS OF GENE EXPRESSION OF BOVINE EMBRYOS CULTURED IN VITRO IN THREE DIFFERENT MEDIA  H. Sagirkaya, M. Misirlioglu, A. Kaya, H. Odaman, N. First, J. Parrish and E. Memili pp. 240-240 Abstract      266 IDENTIFICATION OF Oct-4 AND Nanog, THE TWO PLURIPOTENCY MARKER GENES IN RABBIT PRE-IMPLANTATION-STAGE EMBRYOS  Z. Tancos, J. Kobolak, A. Baji Gal and A. Dinnyes pp. 240-241 Abstract      267 TARGETED SUPPRESSION OF THE EXPRESSION OF MATERNAL AND EMBRYONIC GENES DURING IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE EMBRYOS   D. Tesfaye, K. Nganvongpanit, F. Rings, M. Gilles, D. Jennen, M. Hoelker, E. Tholen and K. Schellander pp. 241-241 Abstract      268 BOVINE AND EQUINE RECOMBINANT FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE PRODUCED IN TWO HETEROLOGOUS HOSTS: ESCHERICHIA COLI AND TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI  M. Wilson, J. Morris and J. Gibbons pp. 241-242 Abstract      269 EFFECTS OF REPRODUCTIVE STATUS AND OOCYTE QUALITY ON THE DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF OOCYTES FOLLOWING IN VITRO PRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC CAT   B. Agung, P. Wongsrikeao, H. Fuchieda and T. Otoi pp. 242-242 Abstract      270 APOPTOSIS AND ONCOSIS ASSESSMENT IN CRYOPRESERVED MOUSE EMBRYOS  M. E. O. A. Assumpção, A. R. S. Coutinho, W. B. Feitosa, C. M. Mendes, R. Simões and J. A. Visintin pp. 242-243 Abstract      271 USE OF SEXED SEMEN FOR BOVINE IVF IN MEXICO: PRELIMINARY RESULTS   J. Aysa, J. A. Medrano, A. Villa-Godoy, A. Barba, Y. C. Ducolomb and S. Romo pp. 243-243 Abstract      272 DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF OOCYTES OBTAINED FROM BOS TAURUS AND BOS INDICUS DAIRY COWS RAISED IN A TROPICAL CLIMATE  L. S. A. Camargo, J. H. M. Viana, W. F. Sa, A. M. Ferreira, A. A. Ramos, C. Freitas and V. R. Vale Filho pp. 243-244 Abstract      273 APOPTOSIS EVALUATION OF IN VITRO-PRODUCED PIG EMBRYOS (PARTIAL RESULT)  A. R. S. Coutinho, M. P. Milazzotto, M. A. Peres, M. G. Marques, A. C. Nicacio, J. A. Visintin and M. E. O. A. Assumpção pp. 244-244 Abstract      274 LAPAROSCOPIC OVUM PICK-UP IN SHEEP AND GOATS: EFFECTS OF REPEATED RECOVERIES AND FOLLICULAR DIAMETER  A. Gibbons, F. Pereyra Bonnet, M. Cueto, M. Catala and D. Salamone pp. 244-245 Abstract    |    Full Text      275 PENTOXIFYLLINE ADDED TO FREEZING EXTENDER HAS A DELETERIOUS EFFECT ON POST-THAW BOAR SPERM QUALITY AND IN VITRO FERTILIZATION RATE  M. A. Gil, J. Roca, M. Hernandez, C. Cuello, C. Almiñana, J. M. Vazquez and E. A. Martinez pp. 245-245 Abstract      276 IN VITRO FERTILIZATION PROCEDURES AFFECT THE HEPATIC GENOMIC CYTOSINE METHYLATION LEVEL AND THE PHENOTYPE OF BOVINE FETUSES  S. Hiendleder, C. Mund, M. Klempt, H.-D. Reichenbach, M. Stojkovic, M. Weppert, H. Wenigerkind, M. Elmlinger, F. Lyko and E. Wolf pp. 245-246 Abstract      277 FOLLICULAR GROWTH, SUBSEQUENT OVUM PICKUP, AND DOMINANT FOLLICLE REMOVAL IN COWS  K. Imai, M. Tagawa, S. Matoba, M. Narita and K. Kanayama pp. 246-246 Abstract      278 EFFECTS OF LEPTIN ON IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT AND GENE EXPRESSION IN PORCINE EMBRYOS  Y.-J. Jeong, J.-G. Kim, B. Mohana Kumar, S. Balasubramanian, S.-Y. Choe and G.-J. Rho pp. 246-247 Abstract      279 LIVE RAT OFFSPRING FROM CRYOPRESERVED EJACULATED SPERMATOZOA THROUGH IN VITRO FERTILIZATION  N. Kashiwazaki, Y. Seita, M. Shino, S. Hisamatsu and T. Inomata pp. 247-247 Abstract      280 PORCINE BLASTOCYSTS DERIVED FROM IN VITRO-MATURED OOCYTES INJECTED INTRACYTOPLASMICALLY WITH SPERM FROM TESTICULAR TISSUE XENOGRAFTED INTO NUDE MICE   K. Kikuchi, M. Nakai, N. Kashiwazaki, M. Ozawa, N. Maedomari, J. Noguchi, K. Ohnuma and H. Kaneko pp. 247-247 Abstract      281 ALGINATE-ENCAPSULATED BOVINE EMBRYOS SUPPORT IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF A SMALL NUMBER OF EMBRYOS  S. Kobayashi, M. Sakatani, S. Kobayashi and M. Takahashi pp. 248-248 Abstract      282 IMPROVED QUALITY OF PORCINE BLASTOCYSTS BY AGGREGATION OF EMBRYOS AT THE 4–8-CELL STAGE  S.-G. Lee, C.-H. Park, D.-H. Choi, H.-Y. Son and C.-K. Lee pp. 248-248 Abstract    |    Full Text      283 EFFECTS OF CUMULUS CELL REMOVAL ON IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION, FERTILIZATION, AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT IN PIGS   N. Maedomari, N. Kashiwazaki, M. Ozawa, A. Takizawa, J. Noguchi, H. Kankeo, M. Shino and K. Kikuchi pp. 249-249 Abstract      284 COMPARATIVE FERTILITY OF FRESHLY-COLLECTED VERSUS FROZEN–THAWED SPERMATOZOA FOR IN VITRO FERTILIZATION IN THE FISHING CAT (PRIONAILURUS VIVERRINUS)  G. Magarey, J. Herrick, K. Thiangtum, W. Tunwattana and W. Swanson pp. 249-249 Abstract      285 VARIATION FACTORS INFLUENCING CLEAVAGE AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT RATES OF BOVINE OOCYTES COLLECTED ON A FARM IN A COMMERCIAL OPU-IVP SYSTEM  B. Marquant-Le Guienne, F. Aymar, C. Ponsart, C. Guyader-Joly, S. Ponchon and P. Humblot pp. 250-250 Abstract    |    Full Text      286 INFLUENCE OF REVERSIBLE MEIOSIS INHIBITION ON SWINE EMBRYOS PRODUCED BY IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AND PATHENOGENETIC ACTIVATION  M. G. Marques, A. B. Nascimento, V. P. Oliveira, A. R. S. Coutinho, M. E. O. A. Assumpção and J. A. Visintin pp. 250-251 Abstract    |    Full Text      287 EFFECT OF CYSTEAMINE DURING IN VITRO MATURATION OF OPU DERIVED BOVINE OOCYTES ON FURTHER IN VITRO EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT AND PREGNANCY RATE  J. S. Merton, B. Landman and E. Mullaart pp. 251-251 Abstract    |    Full Text      288 EFFECT OF IN VITRO MATURATION PERIOD AND OOCYTE ACTIVATION BY CALCIUM IONOPHORE ON MONOSPERMIC PORCINE EMBRYO RATES   V. P. Oliveira, M. G. Marques, A. B. Nascimento, H. V. A. Caetano, M. E. O. A. Assumpção and J. A. Visintin pp. 252-252 Abstract      289 IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF OVINE EMBRYOS FROM WOOL AND HAIR BREEDS   E. A. Ordóñez-León, J. A. Medrano, V. O. Mejía, J. De Lucas, Y. C. Ducolomb and S. Romo pp. 252-252 Abstract      290 THE FACTORS ON RATES OF ABNORMALITY, DISEASE AND MORTALITY OF CALVES DERIVED FROM IN VITRO EMBRYOS OF KOREAN NATIVE CATTLE   Y.-S. Park, S.-S. Kim, M.-C. Park and H.-D. Park pp. 252-253 Abstract      291 VARIOUS FACTORS INFLUENCING PREGNANCY RATES AND CALVING CHARACTERISTICS FOLLOWING TRANSFER OF OPU-IVP EMBRYOS PRODUCED IN A COMMERCIAL SYSTEM   C. Ponsart, F. Aymar, B. Marquant-Le Guienne, C. Guyader-Joly, S. Ponchon and P. Humblot pp. 253-253 Abstract      292 EXPRESSION PROFILES OF STRESS AND METABOLIC MARKER GENES DURING IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF BUFFALO (BUBALUS BUBALIS) EMBRYOS   R. Rajhans, G. S. Kumar and G. T. Sharma pp. 253-254 Abstract      293 EFFECT OF FOLLICULAR WAVE SYNCHRONIZATION ON IN VITRO EMBRYO PRODUCTION IN COWS   A. F. Ramos, R. Rumpf, M. R. Mollo, J. U. Câmara, I. Pivato, A. P. Marques Jr and R. Sartori pp. 254-254 Abstract      294 THE EFFECT OF PLASMIN ON THE IN VITRO FERTILIZATION ABILITY OF PORCINE GAMETES   H.-H. Rhee, S.-J. Sa, H.-T. Cheong, B.-K. Yang and C.-K. Park pp. 254-255 Abstract      295 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR/PLASMIN SYSTEM AND IN VITRO FERTILIZATION ABILITY IN THE PIG   S.-J. Sa, H.-T. Cheong, B.-K. Yang and C.-K. Park pp. 255-255 Abstract      296 INFLUENCE OF SHORT-TERM HEAT STRESS ON THE BLASTOCYST RATE OF BOVINE EMBRYOS (INDICUS VS. TAURUS) FROM OOCYTES OBTAINED BY OVUM PICKUP  E. Sartorelli e Sartorelli, A. C. Z. Barcelos, R. A. Satrapa, D. F. Martins, M. F. G. Nogueira, J. R. Potiens, M. M. Seneda and C. M. Barros pp. 255-256 Abstract    |    Full Text      297 BIRTH OF LIVE RATS THROUGH IN VITRO FERTILIZATION USING CRYOPRESERVED SPERMATOZOA: SPERM FERTILITY IMPROVED BY FREEZING AT – 150°C   Y. Seita, Y. Okuda, A. Takizawa, S. Hisamatu, T. Inomata and N. Kashiwazaki pp. 256-256 Abstract      298 SPERM CAPACITATED WITH CALCIUM IONOPHORE AS A VECTOR FOR IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF BOVINE TRANSGENIC EMBRYOS   R. Simões, M. P. Milazzotto, C. Yamada, W. B. Feitosa, A. R. S. Coutinho, J. A. Visintin and M. E. O. A. Assumpção pp. 256-257 Abstract      299 CONSEQUENCES OF REPEATED ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FOLLICLE ASPIRATION OF THE OVARIES OF GIR (BOS INDICUS) COWS  J. H. M. Viana, L. S. A. Camargo, A. A. Nascimento, A. M. Ferreira, J. F. Ferreira and A. P. Marques Junior pp. 257-257 Abstract      300 IMMUNO-EXPRESSION OF POTENTIAL FACTORS REGULATING SERTOLI CELL PROLIFERATION IN THE PREPUBERTAL BOAR  J. Baldrighi, W. Averhart, T. Phillips, K. Carnes, R. Hess and S. Clark pp. 257-258 Abstract      301 NEW APPROACHES TO CONTRACEPTION IN DOGS USING GnRH ANALOGUES, CALCIUM, AND NALOXONE  M. Cinone, G. Aiudi, M. Albrizio, G. De Vico, G. M. Lacalandra and P. Minoia pp. 258-258 Abstract      302 VIABILITY OF BOVINE SPERMATOZOA INCUBATED WITH FOREIGN DNA  W. B. Feitosa, M. P. Milazzoto, M. Rovegno, L. F. Martins, J. A. Visintin and M. E. O. A. Assumpção pp. 258-259 Abstract    |    Full Text      303 INDUCED MOTILITY OF MESA/TESE SPERMATOZOA IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED FERTILIZATION AND IMPLANTATION RATES IN HUMAN   H. L. Zheng and L. J. Fengand pp. 259-259 Abstract      304 TREATMENT OF BOAR SPERM WITH RESPIRATION INHIBITOR MENADIONE: EFFECTS ON MOTILITY, REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS), MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIAL (MMP), AND ATP CONTENT   D. Guthrie, J. Long, G. Welch and N. Grimm pp. 259-260 Abstract      305 SPERM CHROMATIN STRUCTURE AND DNA METHYLATION BULLS   K. Hengstberger, N. Phutikanit, O. Berking, M. D'Occhio, D. Sester and B. Carroll pp. 260-260 Abstract      306 ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL DNA METHYLATION IN BOVINE SPERMATOZOA   H. Kato, M. Kishimoto, T. Mitani, K. Matsumoto, K. Saeki, Y. Hosoi and A. Iritani pp. 260-261 Abstract      307 EFFECT OF BULL EPIDIDYMIS STORAGE CONDITIONS ON SPERM RESISTANCE AGAINST LIPID PEROXIDATION AND SUBSEQUENT IN VITRO EMBRYO PRODUCTION   M. Nichi, J. B. P. De Clercq, I. G. F. Goovaerts, V. H. Barnabe and P. E. J. Bols pp. 261-261 Abstract      308 TESTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IN PREPUBERTAL JERSEY BULL CALVES IMMUNIZED AGAINST INHIBIN  G. M. Schuenemann, S. M. L. C. Mendis-Handagama, S. A. Kania, N. R. Rohrbach, F. M. Hopkins, H. Moorehead, P. Lunn, H. H. Dowlen and F. N. Schrick pp. 261-262 Abstract      309 THE SPERMATOGENIC CYCLE IN MAMMALIAN TESTIS XENOGRAFTS   W. Zeng, G. F. Avelar, R. Rathi, L. R. Franca and I. Dobrinski pp. 262-262 Abstract      310 NUCLEAR AND MICROTUBULE REMODELING AND IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR TRANSFERRED CAT OOCYTES WITH SKIN FIBROBLASTS OF DOMESTIC CAT AND LEOPARD CAT   X. J. Yin, E. G. Choi, S. J. Cho, J. Y. Jin, N. H. Kim, H. S. Lee and I. K. Kong pp. 262-263 Abstract      311 ULTRASTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF OVINE PREANTRAL FOLLICLES CULTURED IN THE PRESENCE OF INDOLE ACETIC ACID, EGF, AND FSH  E. Andrade, F. Landim-Alvarenga, J. Silva, M. Max, A. Alfieri, M. Seneda, J. Figueiredo and R. Toniolli pp. 263-263 Abstract      312 CHEMICAL ACTIVATION OF IN VITRO-MATURED PORCINE OOCYTES   A. Bali Papp and E. Varga pp. 263-264 Abstract      313 APOPTOSIS IN PARTHENOGENETIC PIG EMBRYOS PRODUCED BY DIFFERENT METHODS  J. Hyslop and Z. Machaty pp. 264-264 Abstract      314 PARTHENOGENETIC ACTIVATION OF PORCINE OOCYTES AT THE MII STAGE BY Ca-EDTA TREATMENT   H. Kawase, H. Imai and M. Yamada pp. 264-264 Abstract      315 EFFICIENCY OF CHEMICAL OR ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION OF BOVINE OOCYTES   M. P. Milazzotto, W. B. Feitosa, R. Simões, C. M. Mendes, M. E. O. A. Assumpção and J. A. Visintin pp. 265-265 Abstract      316 CHANGES IN MPF ACTIVITY IN PORCINE OOCYTES FOLLOWING ACTIVATION BY VARIOUS METHODS  L. Nanassy, K. Lee, A. Javor and Z. Machaty pp. 265-265 Abstract    |    Full Text      317 EFFECT OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS) ON ACTIVATION OF BOVINE OOCYTES MATURED IN VITRO   J. I. Park, Y. Jang and E. S. Lee pp. 266-266 Abstract      318 INHIBITION OF FIRST POLAR BODY EXTRUSION BY CYTOCHALASIN B DURING IN VITRO MATURATION OF PORCINE OOCYTES LEADS TO RE-ARRANGEMENT OF THE SEGREGATED CHROMOSOMES AND IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF THE PARTHENOGENETIC BLASTOCYSTS   T. Somfai, K. Kikuchi, J. Noguchi, H. Kaneko, K. Ohnuma, M. Ozawa, N. W. K. Karja, M. Fahrudin, N. Maedomari, A. Dinnyes and T. Nagai pp. 266-266 Abstract      319 OXYGEN CONSUMPTION OF BOVINE CUMULUS CELLS AND OOCYTES CULTURED IN DIFFERENT CULTURE SYSTEMS FOR OOCYTE MATURATION  H. Abe, H. Shiku, S. Aoyagi, T. Matsue and H. Hoshi pp. 267-267 Abstract    |    Full Text      320 MPF ACTIVITY AND DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE IN DIFFERENT SIZES OF PREPUBERTAL GOAT OOCYTES  B. Anguita, A. R. Jimenez-Macedo, D. Izquierdo and M. T. Paramio pp. 267-268 Abstract    |    Full Text      321 OOCYTE DIAMETER INFLUENCES THE MEIOTIC RESUMPTION AND PROGRESSION INDUCED BY OKADAIC ACID IN DOG   F. Ariu, L. Bogliolo, I. Rosati, M. T. Zedda, S. Pau and S. Ledda pp. 268-268 Abstract      322 LEPTIN TREATMENT DURING BOVINE OOCYTE MATURATION AFFECTS mRNA LEVELS OF APOPTOSIS-RELATED GENES   M. Boelhauve, F. F. Paula-Lopes, F. A. Habermann, F. Sinowatz and E. Wolf pp. 268-269 Abstract      323 INTERACTIONS OF OXYGEN TENSION, GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION, AND HEAT SHOCK ON MATURATION OF BOVINE OOCYTES   L. A. de Castro e Paula and P. J. Hansen pp. 269-269 Abstract      324 FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS USING SHORT-INTERFERING (si)RNA OF TRAM-6, A NOVEL TRANSCRIPT ASSOCIATED WITH OOCYTES MATURATION IN CATTLE  C. E. Farin, J. R. Sommer, K. F. Rodriguez, R. M. Petters and J. E. Alexander pp. 269-270 Abstract      326 EVALUATION OF CULTURE DURATION AND PARTIAL CUMULUS CELL REMOVAL DURING CANINE OOCYTE MATURATION  C. Hanna, C. Long, M. Westhusin and D. Kraemer pp. 270-271 Abstract    |    Full Text      325 ACTIVITY OF MATURATION-PROMOTING FACTOR (MPF) AND MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES DURING IN VITRO MATURATION OF BUFFALO OOCYTES (BUBALUS BUBALIS)   B. Gasparrini, G. Leoni, L. Boccia, M. Galiotto, S. Ledda and L. Zicarelli pp. 270-270 Abstract      327 OOCYTE-SECRETED FACTORS DIRECTLY AFFECT OOCYTE DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE DURING IN VITRO MATURATION OF THE BOVINE CUMULUS–OOCYTE COMPLEX   T. S. Hussein, R. B. Gilchrist and J. G. Thompson pp. 271-271 Abstract      328 EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR ENHANCES MEIOTIC MATURATION OF CANINE OOCYTES IN THE PRESENCE OF BSA   Y.-X. Jin, X.-H. Shen, X.-S. Cui, I.-K. Kong and N.-H. Kim pp. 271-272 Abstract      329 SUPPRESSION OF BOVINE OOCYTE IVM BY SERUM AND FSH DEPRIVATION OR BY α-AMANITIN: EFFECT ON FERTILIZATION AND EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT  K. Kananen-Anttila, M. Eronen, J. Matilainen, M. Kallio, J. Peippo and M. Halmekytö pp. 272-272 Abstract    |    Full Text      330 THE PROTEIN EXPRESSION PROFILE (SECRETOME) OF INDIVIDUAL CUMULUS–OOCYTE COMPLEXES DURING IVM IN THE MOUSE IS AFFECTED BY FSH   M. G. Katz-Jaffe, C. Sheehan, W. B. Schoolcraft and D. K. Gardner pp. 272-273 Abstract      331 DEVELOPMENT OF CANINE SYNTHETIC OVIDUCT FLUID (cSOF) MEDIUM AND EFFECT OF THE cSOF IN IN VITRO NUCLEAR MATURATION OF CANINE OOCYTES  M. K. Kim, H. J. Oh, Y. H. Fibrianto, G. Jang, H. J. Kim, M. S. Hossein, E. S. Lee, S. K. Kang, B. C. Lee and W. S. Hwang pp. 273-273 Abstract      332 EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT AFTER SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER OF PORCINE OOCYTES MEIOTICALLY INHIBITED WITH ROSCOVITINE   S. W. Kim, D. H. Kim, J. S. Seo, G. S. Im, B. C. Yang, H. S. Park, I. S. Hwang, H. T. Cheong and B. S. Yang pp. 273-274 Abstract      333 IN VIVO PREMATURATION AFFECTS PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AT THE BEGINNING OF IN VITRO MATURATION  H. M. Knijn, P. L. A. M. Vos, S. J. Dieleman and P. J. M. Hendriksen pp. 274-274 Abstract    |    Full Text      334 EFFECT OF INSULIN ON IN VITRO MATURATION OF CANINE OOCYTES   H. S. Lee, Y. I. Seo, X. J. Yin, S. G. Cho, I. H. Bae, D. H. Oh and I. K. Kong pp. 275-275 Abstract      335 DEVELOPMENTAL ABILITY OF PIG OOCYTES TREATED WITH EGF DURING IN VITRO MATURATION  H. T. Lee, S. J. Uhm, D. W. Han, S.-H. Lee, A. R. Kim, S. J. Park, M. K. Gupta, C. K. Park, H. M. Chung, Y. B. Kim and K. S. Chung pp. 275-275 Abstract    |    Full Text      336 SHEEP OOCYTES MATURED IN A SIMPLEX MEDIUM (HECM-1), AN ANSWER TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION  C. Navarro-Maldonado, Y. Ducolomb-Ramirez, A. Galindo-Rodriguez and A. Rosado-Garcia pp. 275-276 Abstract      337 EFFECTS OF CANINE SYNTHETIC OVIDUCT FLUID MEDIUM SUPPLEMENTED WITH THE VARIOUS ENERGY SUBSTRATES ON IN VITRO MATURATION OF CANINE OOCYTES   H. J. Oh, M. K. Kim, Y. H . Fibrianto, G. Jang, H. J. Kim, M. S. Hossein, E. S. Lee, S. K. Kang, B. C. Lee and W. S. Hwang pp. 276-276 Abstract      338 EFFECTS OF CUMULUS CELLS AND FOLLICULAR FLUID ON PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR ACTIVITY AND OOCYTE MATURATION IN VITRO IN THE PIG   C.-K. Park, J.-Y. An, S.-J. Sa, H.-T. Cheong, B.-K. Yang and C.-I. Kim pp. 276-277 Abstract      339 DIFFERENTIAL MECHANISM OF LEPTIN ACTION IMPROVING NUCLEAR MATURATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE OF BOVINE OOCYTES   F. F. Paula-Lopes, M. Boelhauve, F. Habermann, F. Sinowatz and E. Wolf pp. 277-277 Abstract      340 IN VITRO MATURATION OF PREPUBERTAL BOVINE OOCYTES ON A GRANULOSA CELL MONOLAYER FROM ADULT ANIMALS IMPROVES THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL COMPETENCE   S. Ponebsek, C. Wrenzycki, K.-G. Hadeler, D. Herrmann, K. Korsawe and H. Niemann pp. 277-278 Abstract      341 OXYGEN TENSION AND EGF AFFECT METABOLISM OF IN VITRO-MATURED CUMULUS-ENCLOSED MOUSE OOCYTES  K. A. Preis, G. E. Seidel Jr and D. K. Gardner pp. 278-278 Abstract    |    Full Text      342 DEVELOPMENT OF PIG OOCYTES MATURED AND FERTILIZED IN CHEMICALLY DEFINED MEDIUM CONTAINING PVA, PVP, AND PFF   H.-B. Seok and I.-D. Kim pp. 278-279 Abstract      343 EFFECTS OF EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR SUPPLEMENTATION ON IN VITRO MATURATION AND GENE EXPRESSION OF CANINE OOCYTES   H.-J. Song, S.-H. Lee, G.-H. Maeng, J.-G. Kim, S. Balasubramanian, S.-Y. Choe and G.-J. Rho pp. 279-279 Abstract      344 PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY ACTIVITY CONTROLS NUCLEAR MATURATION OF PORCINE OOCYTES  L. Tubman, A. Peter and R. Krisher pp. 279-280 Abstract    |    Full Text      345 INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT MATURATION MEDIA ON IN VITRO SWINE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT  J. A. Visintin, A. S. Lima, A. B. Nascimento, A. C. Nicacio, M. G. Marques and M. E. O. A. Assumpção pp. 280-280 Abstract      346 BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF ACETYL-l-CARNITINE TREATMENT DURING IVM ON POST-FERTILIZATION DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE OOCYTES IN VITRO   T. Yamada, H. Imai and M. Yamada pp. 280-281 Abstract      347 ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION OF LACTATING HOLSTEIN COWS WITH SEXED SPERM   E. Crichton, S. Huffman, K. McSweeney and J. Schenk pp. 281-281 Abstract      348 DEVELOPMENT OF A REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION ASSAY FOR QUANTIFICATION OF Y-CHROMOSOME-BEARING SPERM IN CATTLE   A. S. Maschari, A. Bettegowda, G. W. Smith and J. R. Pursley pp. 281-281 Abstract      349 IMPROVING THE FUNCTIONALITY OF STORED FLOW CYTOMETRICALLY SEX-SORTED BOAR SPERMATOZOA: SEDIMENTATION VS. CENTRIFUGATION   I. Parrilla, J. M. Vazquez, M. A. Gil, E. M. Garcia, I. Caballero, J. Roca and E. A. Martinez pp. 282-282 Abstract      350 COMPARATIVE TIME-LAPSE STUDIES ON PORCINE EMBRYOS FERTILIZED IN VITRO WITH FLOW CYTOMETRICALLY SEX SORTED SPERMATOZOA  D. Rath and S. Schulze pp. 282-282 Abstract      351 INSEMINATION OF HOLSTEIN HEIFERS WITH SEXED SPERM PROCESSED WITH OR WITHOUT EGG YOLK IN THE GLYCEROL-CONTAINING FREEZING MEDIUM   J. Schenk and E. Crichton pp. 282-283 Abstract      352 IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF LAPAROSCOPIC INTRAOVIDUCTAL INSEMINATION WITH SEX-SORTED BOAR SPERMATOZOA   J. M. Vazquez, E. A. Martinez, I. Parrilla, C. Cuello, M. A. Gil, E. Garcia, I. Caballero, C. Almiñana, J. Roca and J. L. Vazquez pp. 283-283 Abstract      353 IN VITRO FERTILIZATION WITH FLOW-SORTED BUFFALO SPERM  M. Zhang, X. W. Liang, Y. Q. Lu and K. H. Lu pp. 283-284 Abstract    |    Full Text      354 POOR EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT AFTER ICSI WITH DOMESTIC CAT TESTICULAR SPERM IS OVERCOME BY CENTROSOME AND MIDPIECE REPLACEMENT   P. Comizzoli, D. Wildt and B. Pukazhenthi pp. 284-284 Abstract      355 IMPROVEMENT OF CUMULUS-FREE IN VITRO MATURATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO MICROINSEMINATION WITH PRIMARY SPERMATOCYTES IN MICE   H. Miki, N. Ogonuki, K. Inoue, T. Baba and A. Ogura pp. 284-285 Abstract      356 BLASTOCYST DEVELOPMENT FROM DOMESTIC CAT OOCYTES INJECTED WITH DEHYDRATED SPERMATOZOA   A. Moisan, S. Leibo, J. Lynn, M. Gómez, C. Pope, K. Bondioli, B. Dresser and R. Godke pp. 285-285 Abstract      357 FERTILIZATION AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT OF PORCINE OOCYTES FOLLOWING INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM HEAD INJECTION ENHANCED BY ELECTRIC STIMULATION TO OOCYTES BUT NOT BY PRE-TREATMENT OF SPERMATOZOA WITH DITHIOTHREITOL   M. Nakai, N. Kashiwazaki, A. Takizawa, N. Maedomari, M. Ozawa, J. Noguchi, H. Kaneko, M. Shino and K. Kikuchi pp. 285-286 Abstract      358 MICROINSEMINATION USING MALE GERM CELLS FROM EPIDIDYMIDES AND TESTES STORED IN FREEZERS WITHOUT CRYOPROTECTANT   N. Ogonuki, K. Mochida, A. Shinmen, M. Ohkawa, H. Miki, K. Inoue, M. Fray, K. Moriwaki, Y. Obata and A. Ogura pp. 286-286 Abstract      359 ICSI AND ACTIVATION OF OOCYTES RECOVERED FROM TRANSITIONAL AND CYCLING MARES  T. Suh, S. Purcell and G. Seidel Jr pp. 286-287 Abstract    |    Full Text      360 THE EFFECTS OF PROGESTERONE AND PRESENCE OF CORPUS LUTEUM ON SUPEROVULATION IN BEEF CATTLE (BOS TAURUS)   M. Burns, D. Lapin, A. Brown and J. Gibbons pp. 287-287 Abstract      361 OVIDUCT CILIARY CURRENTS IN BOVINE AND BUFFALO AT DAY 1 AFTER OVULATION   N. A. T. Carvalho, M. Nichi, A. G. Gallupo, G. M. Melo, R. J. Souza, M. DAngelo and P. S. Baruselli pp. 287-288 Abstract      362 EFFECT OF TIME OF REMOVAL OF A PROGESTERONE RELEASING DEVICE AND GnRH TREATMENT ON THE INTERVAL TO AND DISTRIBUTION OF OVULATIONS IN SUPERSTIMULATED BEEF COWS  P. Chesta, D. Maraña, L. Peres and G. A. Bo pp. 288-288 Abstract    |    Full Text      363 EFFECT OF OESTRADIOL VALERATE OR BENZOATE ON INDUCTION OF A NEW FOLLICULAR WAVE EMERGENCE IN BOS INDICUS COWS AND HEIFERS TREATED WITH NORGESTOMET AURICULAR IMPLANT   M. F. de Sa Filho, E. L. Reis, H. Ayres, L. U. Gimenes, A. A. C. Peres, C. A. B. Carvalho, J. B. Carvalho, C. A. S. C. Araujo and P. S. Baruselli pp. 289-289 Abstract      364 DISTRIBUTION OF OVULATION AND SUBSEQUENT EMBRYO PRODUCTION USING LUTROPIN AND ESTRADIOL-17β FOR TIMED AI OF SUPERSTIMULATED BEEF FEMALES  W. Larkin, P. Chesta, C. Looney, G. Bo and D. Forrest pp. 289-290 Abstract    |    Full Text      365 THE EFFECT OF ADMINISTERING PROGESTERONE AND ESTRADIOL PRIOR TO eFSH ON THE SUPEROVULATORY RESPONSE OF MARES   N. Logan, P. McCue, M. Alonso and E. Squires pp. 290-290 Abstract      366 THE BOVINE MODEL FOR REPRODUCTIVE AGING: SUPEROVULATORY RESPONSE   P. S. Malhi, G. P. Adams, R. J. Mapletoft and J. Singh pp. 290-291 Abstract      367 INFLUENCE OF SUPERESTIMULATION AND HORMONAL DEPRIVATION PROTOCOLS ON IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF NELORE EMBRYOS (BOS TAURUS INDICUS)  C. M. Barros, M. M. G. Ferreira, J. R. Potiens, B. G. Eberhardt, D. S. Melo and F. M. Monteiro pp. 291-291 Abstract    |    Full Text      368 OOCYTE ASPIRATION FROM TRANSITIONAL AND CYCLING MARES TREATED WITH eFSH  S. H. Purcell, T. K. Suh and G. E. Seidel Jr pp. 291-292 Abstract    |    Full Text      369 ASSESSMENT OF SEMEN QUALITY FOR PREDICTING RECOVERY OF VIABLE EMBRYOS IN SUPEROVULATED CATTLE   F. N. Schrick, A. M. Saxton and B. K. Stroud pp. 292-292 Abstract      370 HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION PATTERNS AND CHROMOSOMAL STABILITY OF CULTURED BOVINE FIBROBLASTS  A. Giraldo, J. Lynn, R. Godke, J. Jenkins and K. Bondioli pp. 290-290 Abstract    |    Full Text      371 EVALUATION OF ENRICHMENT STRATEGIES FOR PORCINE SPERMATOGONIA BY EXPRESSION OF PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5, A SPERMATOGONIA-SPECIFIC MARKER IN THE PIG TESTIS   J. Luo, S. Megee, R. Rathi and I. Dobrinski pp. 293-293 Abstract      372 LASER-ASSISTED LENTIVIRAL TRANSGENESIS IN BOVINE EMBRYOS   S. Ewerling, A. Hofmann, R. Klose, K. Rink, G. Brem, A. Pfeifer and E. Wolf pp. 293-294 Abstract      373 SPERM TREATMENT AFFECTS THE EFFICIENCY OF PORCINE TRANSGENIC EMBRYO PRODUCTION BY ICSI   F. A. García-Vázquez, Al. Gutiérrez-Adán and J. Gadea pp. 294-294 Abstract      374 PRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC CLONED PIGLETS BY USING PORCINE FETAL FIBROBLASTS OVEREXPRESSING ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE   Y. H. Hao, H. Y. Yong, C. N. Murphy, D. Wax, M. Samuel, A. Rieke, E. M. Price, R. M. McAllister, J. R. Turk, E. B. Rucker, M. H. Laughlin and R. S. Prather pp. 294-295 Abstract      375 PRODUCTION OF GERMLINE TRANSGENIC CHICKENS USING MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS-BASED RETROVIRUS VECTOR SYSTEM   B. C. Koo, M. S. Kwon, B. R. Choi, W. Chang, I. Jeon and T. Kim pp. 295-295 Abstract      376 VECTOR-MEDIATED GENE TRANSFER INTO RHESUS MACAQUE EMBRYOS   H. M. Kubisch, C. Gagliardi, D. G. Romero, B. A. Bunnell and M. S. Ratterree pp. 295-295 Abstract      377 DEVELOPMENT OF A VIBRATORY MICROINJECTION SYSTEM TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTION RATE OF TRANSGENIC ANIMALS   F. Miyawaki, J. Hasegawa, T. Kikuchi, M. Tsuchiya, Y. Saito, H. Suzuki, T. Ippongi, K. Kobayashi and S. Itohara pp. 296-296 Abstract      378 EFFECT OF TRANSGENE CONCENTRATION AND FLANKING MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGIONS ON THE EFFICIENCY OF ICSI-MEDIATED TRANSGENIC MOUSE PRODUCTION   P. N. Moreira, J. Pozueta, F. Valdivieso, L. Montoliu and A. Gutiérrez-Adán pp. 296-296 Abstract      379 LACTATION INDUCTION IN PREPUBERTAL BULLS AND HEIFERS AS A TOOL FOR PREDICTING MAMMARY SPECIFIC TRANSGENE EXPRESSION IN CATTLE   A. Powell, D. Kerr and R. Wall pp. 296-297 Abstract      380 COMPARISON OF TRANSGENE EXPRESSIONS BY ICSI AND PRONUCLEAR MICROINJECTION IN MURINE AND PORCINE EMBRYOS  H. Saito, H.-O. Kawano, M. Kurome, R. Tomii, S. Ueno, K. Hiruma and H. Nagashima pp. 297-297 Abstract    |    Full Text      381 PRODUCTION OF A TRANSGENIC PIGLET BY A NEW SPERM INJECTION TECHNIQUE   H. Y. Yong, C. Murphy, A. Rieke, L. Lai, Y. Hao, R. Li, D. Wax, M. Samuel, S. Korte, K. Whitworth and R. Prather pp. 297-298 Abstract      382 ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF AMNIOTIC SAC SIZE DURING EARLY PREGNANCY IN COWS  M. Panarace, C. Garnil, G. Jauregui, J. Lagioia, M. Marfil and M. Medina pp. 298-298 Abstract    |    Full Text         Subscriber Login Username: Password:   Current Issue Volume 25 (4)  Submit Article Use the online submission system to send us your paper.  Advertisement

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