EMBRYO COLLECTION AND TRANSFER IN SMALL RUMINANTS
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Recent studies of embryo transfer in small ruminants have yielded laparoscopic and nonsurgical procedures for both embryo collection and transfer. These relatively atraumatic methods for embryo collection produce results that are competitive with surgical methods for collecting uterine stage embryos. Embryos have been collected nonsurgically from sheep, goats, deer, suni antelope and the yellow-backed duiker. Laparoscopic embryo transfer is both rapid and effective when compared with surgical transfer. Although nonsurgical transfers have been achieved in goats, more data are required before this approach can be recommended for widespread application to small ruminants. 1989.
