Relationship between pregnancy rate and serum progesterone concentration in cases of porcine embryo transfer |
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| Authors: | JoonHo Moon Ji-Yei Choi Jung-Taek Kang Sol Ji Park Su Jin Kim Goo Jang Byeong Chun Lee |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Theriogenology and Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine and the Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.;2.Institute of Green Bio Science Technology, Seoul National University, Pyeongchang 232-916, Korea.;3.Emergency Center for Personalized Food-Medicine Therapy System, Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon 443-270, Korea. |
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| Abstract: | The level of P4 at the time of embryo transfer (ET) is important. P4 concentrations and numbers of corpora lutea for 126 recipients were evaluated. Nuclear transfer embryos were transferred into 126 surrogates. 11 maintained their pregnancy until full-term delivery, 17 miscarried, and implantation failed in 98 animals. P4 levels in the full-term group were significantly different from those of the pigs that aborted or in which implantation failed (p < 0.05). However, the numbers of corpora lutea were not significantly different. These findings indicate that the concentration of progesterone can be an important factor for successful ET in pigs. |
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| Keywords: | corpus luteum pregnancy progesterone somatic cell nuclear transfer |
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