Accession Number:

AD0843596

Title:

A Comparison of the In Vitro Viability of Ova from Hormone-Treated Mice with Ova from Spontaneous Ovulations

Descriptive Note:

Technical Manuscript

Corporate Author:

FORT DETRICK FREDERICK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Spears, James R.
• Walker, Jerry S.

Report Date:

1968-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

The results of this study show that the viability of ova obtained from hormone-treated females is equal to that of ova from spontaneous ovulations in the two strains of mice studied Swiss-Webster and C57BAL6Cum. Approximately 90 of all cultured ova developed from the late two-cell or early four-cell stages to blastocysts. The use of exogenous hormones to induce ovulation seems to afford a reliable, efficient, and economic means of obtaining fertilized mammalian ova.

Descriptors:

• *EGGS
• TISSUE CULTURE CELLS
• VIABILITY
• TRANSLATIONS
• MICE
• PREGNANCY
• INJECTIONS(MEDICINE)
• PITUITARY HORMONES

Subject Categories:

• Anatomy and Physiology
• Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE