Overview

Embryo transfer technology is based on the superovulation of high-quality donor animal and the subsequent recovery of embryos by flushing the uterus a week after breeding. In cattle, this technology is well established, but in goat, considering the poor ovulatory response, the application of this technology is difficult. An alternative to superovulation procedures is in vitro production of embryos. This technology allows the predictable supply of embryos from ovaries of slaughtered females or from lives selected animals, via repeated recovery of primary oocytes. This book, therefore, contains the intuition on slaughterhouse goat ovaries, follicles and oocytes as well as in vitro maturation, fertilization and culture of goat embryos. Thus biotechnological approach as well as the assisted reproductive technologies could be assisted for those working on the animal reproduction for the improvement of animal productivity. As because this technology does not only offer optimization of high-quality dams, but also allows the preservation and rapid multiplication of genetically superior characters by making embryos available for cloning, sexing and nuclear transfer.