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Buffalo Embryo Production

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Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 59

Part of the book series: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews ((SARV,volume 59))

Abstract

The domestic buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, has gained an increasing demand for in vitro embryo production technologies in the last few years for faster propagation of superior germplasm. This demand is explained by the low efficiency of multiple-ovulation, adverse effects of heat stress, less survival rate post-vitrification, not well-defined in vitro culture media, and embryo transfer programs. The early procedures for the buffalo in vitro embryo production were borrowed from the techniques being efficiently used in cattle. The progressive availability of more specific information about the in vitro culture requirements of the buffalo oocyte and embryo has improved the efficiency over the years. Although the figures of in vitro embryo production have attained a rise, which is indicated by competitive embryo yields; pregnancy rate and development to term are still poor. This all emphasizes the demand for the optimization of embryo cryopreservation methods. This chapter reviews in vitro embryo production in buffalo species.

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Abbreviations

6-DMAP:

6-dimethylaminopurine

ACAT2:

Acetyl-CoA Acetyltransferase 2

ACSL4:

Acyl-CoA Synthase 4

BO:

Brackett Oliphant

BSA:

Bovine Serum Albumen

COCs:

Cumulus Oocytes Complexes

CRISPR Cas-9:

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats associated protein 9

E2:

Estradiol

ER:

Endoplasmic Reticulum

FAOSTAT:

The Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database

FSH:

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone

ICSI:

Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection

iTRAQ:

isobaric Tag for Relative and Absolute Quantitation

IVC:

In Vitro Culture

IVEP:

In Vitro Embryo Production

IVF:

In Vitro Fertilization

IVM:

In Vitro Maturation

KEGG:

Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes

MEM:

Minimal Essential Medium

MOET:

Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer

MS:

Mass Spectrometry

SCNT:

Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer

SOF:

Synthetic Oviductal Fluid

TALP:

Tyrode Modified Medium

TCM:

Tissue Culture Medium

TG:

Triglycerides

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Shahzad, Q., Waqas, M., Lu, Y. (2023). Buffalo Embryo Production. In: Yata, V.K., Mohanty, A.K., Lichtfouse, E. (eds) Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 59. Sustainable Agriculture Reviews, vol 59. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21630-5_7

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