Chapter 13

Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer in the Buffalo Species

Gianluca Neglia and Giovanna Bifulco

Abstract

Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer (MOET) is one of the biotechnologies of reproduction most utilized in the world to produce a high number of in vivo embryos. In the buffalo species the application of this technology meets several difficulties, and the embryo recovery rate is definitely lower than that recorded in cattle. This chapter aims at discussing the state of art of MOET in buffaloes and to analyze the factors that limit and influence its efficiency.

Total Pages: 340-373 (34)

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