Abstract
To allow for the nonsurgical collection of swine embryos, the uteri of sows (n=7) were surgically shortened. A section of each uterine horn was resected to facilitate a transcervical flushing procedure. All sows with a shortened uterus exhibited natural estrus at least once after the operation. Four to six days after insemination, embryos were collected with a two-way Foley catheter. Embryos were collected (n=55, 6.3±6.0: x±SD ) from every treated sow. Although treated sows often did not exhibit estrus beyond 1 to 9 natural estruses, those sows (n=27) with persistent corpora lutea (CL) over a 4 to 5 wk period were given prostaglandin F 2α (PGF 2α) and they returned to estrus in 5.2±1.1 d: x±SD .
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