Advances in Superovulation of the Cow

doi:10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2019-0417

Abstract

Abstract: Superovulation with exogenous gonadotropin is still the main way to produce transferable embryos in vivo for bovine embryo transfer industry. Although many researches have been carried out to study and refine this technique,but the efficiency of donor cow`s superovulationdid not increase during the last seven decades,because the superovulation result was influenced by multitudinous and intricate factors. This article reviewed the new advances in superovulation of donor cows,aiming to find useful information for increasing efficiency of bovine superovulation and transferable embryos.

Key words: superovulation, FSH, AMH, reproductive hormone, donor cow

WANG Yang-yang, SUI He-ming, ZHAO Shan-jiang, XU Hui-tao, HAO Hai-sheng, PANG Yun-wei, ZHAO Xue-ming, ZHU Hua-bin. Advances in Superovulation of the Cow[J]. Biotechnology Bulletin, 2019, 35(11): 208-216.

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