01275naa a2200253 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400320006010000170009224501060010926000090021552005870022465000150081165000210082665000200084765000150086765000120088265000100089465000160090465000100092065000190093070000140094977300580096315293762023-08-28       2001    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.2527/2001.7992436x.2DOI1 aEL-GAYAR, M.  aTechnical notebvitrification of goat embryos by the open pulled-straw method.h[electronic resource]  c2001  aThe suitability oft he open pulled-straw (OPS) method for vitrifying bovine embryos was tested for goat embryos. or 14 does receiving OPS-vitrified embryos, all became pregnant and 3 (93%) kidded. The corresponding values for an established conventional freezing program were 58% pregnant and 50% (6/12) kidding. Overall embryo survival amounted to 64% (18/ 28) for OPS-vitrified and 42% (10/24) for conventionally frozen embryos. All differences were statistically significant. It is concluded that OPS vitrification is a suitable method for cryopreserving caprine d-7 blastocysts.  aBlastocyst  aCryopreservation  aEmbryo transfer  aEmbryology  aFemales  aGoats  aLitter size  aMales  aPregnancy rate1 aHOLTZ, W.  tJournal of Animal Sciencegv. 79, p. 2436-2438, 2001.