Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2074802 Animal Reproduction Science 2007 11 Pages PDF
Abstract

Porcine FSH/LH stimulation successfully induced development of multiple large (≥4 mm) antral follicles in 10 of 11 common wombats. A mean of 5.5 metaphase II (MII) oocytes were aspirated from wombats that were stimulated during the follicular phase of the oestrous cycle (n = 3) or after pouch young removal (n = 3). Three subadults (n = 3) and two anoestrus adults did not produce MII oocytes despite pFSH/pLH administration.In vitro maturation of immature oocytes at the time of aspiration doubled the number of MII oocytes that could be collected from pFSH/pLH stimulated wombats. Immature oocytes with cumulus attached, matured more readily to the MII stage than immature oocytes without cumulus. Following intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), approximately 5% of the oocytes that were MII at the time of collection cleaved. Approximately 5% of those that were matured by in vitro maturation (IVM) formed two polar bodies following ICSI, although they not cleave. Parthenogenesis cannot be excluded. This demonstrates that assisted reproductive technologies may be applicable to the common wombat.

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