Abstract
The effects of various concentrations of ammonia in the media during in vitro fertilization (IVF), culture (IVC), and throughout maturation (IVM), IVF, and IVC were evaluated using a randomized complete block design. Ammonia was added to the media at various concentrations during IVF (experiment 1), during IVC (experiment 2), and throughout IVM, IVF, and IVC (experiment 3). In the first experiment, there was a significant (P<0.05) increase in embryos developed to blastocyst, and to expanding and hatching blastocyst, in IVF media containing moderate concentrations of ammonia compared with that in the IVF control media. In the second experiment, ammonia in the IVC media increased (P<0.05) the proportion of degenerate ova and decreased (P<0.05) the proportion of ova that developed to blastocysts. In experiment 3, cleavage rates tended (P=0.06) to be greater for control groups than for treatment groups. The proportion of ova developing to morula was greater (P<0.05) in media containing moderate concentrations of ammonia than that in the control groups. These results indicate that the effect of ammonia on development of preimplantation bovine embryos depends on the concentration of ammonia and the stage of development when exposure to ammonia occurs.
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