Japanese field vole (Microtus montebelli) is a wild-derived rodent and have unique characteristic. Thus, these species have been expected as model animal. This study was performed to develop novel superovulation procedure for Japanese field vole. ...
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 78(8) 1283-1291 2016年8月 [査読有り]
Pentobarbital sodium (Somnopentyl) can induce surgical anesthesia with a strong hypnotic effect that causes loss of consciousness. Animals have been known to die during experimental surgery under anesthesia with Somnopentyl, causing it to be decla...
Tatsuyuki Yoshida   Taro Sato   Koji Chiba   Itaru Yoshimura   Masahiro Osada   Konosuke Okada   Hiroki Furuta   Akihiko Ohta   Hitoshi Ushijima   
ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL 83(7) 529-534 2012年 [査読有り]
This study was designed to evaluate the effect of estrus synchronization treatments on recipient heifers for embryo transfer (ET). Holstein heifers were separated into the following three groups: (i) an administration of 50 mu g GnRH (gonadotropin...
Diagnosis of corpus luteum (CL) function by rectal palpation (RP) has been widely used for recipient selection of embryo transfer (ET), a technology essential for genetic improvements in cattle. To examine the accuracy of RP diagnosis method, the ...
JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 57(5) 594-603 2011年10月 [査読有り]
The present study was designed to extensively characterize cell lines derived from porcine blastocysts by several methodical approaches, including morphological observation, cytogenetic analysis, estimation of alkaline phosphatase activity and det...