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Influence of ovarian follicular wave synchronization and single-dose eCG superstimulation on oocyte collection and in vitro embryo production in bison during the ovulatory and anovulatory seasons

Journal

THERIOGENOLOGY
Volume 187, Issue -, Pages 238-246

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2022.04.023

Keywords

Assisted reproductive technologies; Wild bovid; Ovum pick-up; Species conservation; IVF

Funding

  1. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  2. Parks Canada

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The study aimed to develop an effective, minimum-handling protocol for the conservation of wood bison. The findings showed that ovarian superstimulation after follicular wave synchronization increased the number of >8 mm follicles, COC collection, and embryo production. Repeated ovarian superstimulation resulted in similar follicular counts and embryo production rates within individuals. Additionally, the highest yield of follicles aspirated, COC collected, and embryos produced was during the anovulatory season.
In an effort to develop an effective, minimum-handling protocol for the conservation of wood bison, the present study was designed to determine the effects of ovarian synchronization and superstimulation on cumulus oocyte complex (COC) collection and in vitro embryo production in wood bison during the ovulatory (Exp. 1) and anovulatory seasons (Exp. 2). We tested the hypotheses that COC collection and in vitro embryo production are 1) greater after follicular wave synchronization than at random stages of the follicular wave, 2) repeatable within individuals, 3) greater after ovarian superstimulation with a single dose of eCG than without treatment, and 4) greater during the anovulatory season than the ovulatory season. In Exp. 1, ultrasound-guided COC collection was performed on Day-1 in wood bison to induce follicular wave emergence the following day (Day = 0). Immediately after the COC collection on Day-1, bison were given a single im dose of 2500 IU eCG or saline (n = 6 per group). Subsequent COC collections were on Days 4 and 9. A similar design was used in Exp. 2, with an additional treatment group given 5000 IU eCG (n = 8 per group). In Exp. 1, compared to the saline-treated group, a single dose of 2500 IU eCG resulted in a greater number of >8 mm follicles at the time of the Day 4 COC collection (P = 0.03), but not at the Day 9. In Exp. 2, treatment with 5000 IU eCG resulted in a greater number of >8 mm follicles than 2500 IU eCG or the saline treatment (37.5 +/- 6.9, 17.5 +/- 2.0, 16.9 +/- 2.0; P = 0.01, respectively). Although the number of embryos produced/COC submitted to IVM was not different among groups (mean = 18.6%), treatment with 5000 IU eCG produced more than twice as many embryos per bison as unstimulated bison (0.8 vs 1.9). In summary, embryo production rates were higher from COC collected subsequent to follicular wave synchronization vs random stages of the wave, and ovarian superstimulation with eCG resulted in a dose-related increase in the number of >8 mm follicles, COC collected, and embryos produced. Repeated COC collections after successive wave synchronization resulted in similar follicular counts and embryo production rates within individuals, and the greatest number of follicles aspirated, COC collected, and embryos produced was in the anovulatory season. We conclude that the minimum-handling COC collection protocols in the present study are effective and provide realistic options for embryo production in wild bison.

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