Kinetics of nuclear maturation and effect of holding ovaries at room temperature on in vitro maturation of camel (Camelus dromedarius) oocytes

It may be concluded that dromedary oocytes require 32-44 h of in vitro culture to have an optimum number of oocytes in M-II stage. However, further studies are required to find out the most appropriate maturation period, which will result in the further development of these oocytes after IVF, ICSI, parthenogenetic activation or nuclear transfer. Ovaries can be collected and stored in normal saline solution at room temperature for 12 h without any appreciable effect on the nuclear maturation of the oocytes.