Potential of embrio production techniques in vitro for improving bali cattle seedstock

Abstract

The facts in the field show that seedstock of Bali cattle in South Sulawesi have decreased because the high rate of female productive Bali cattle were slaughtering and good bull maintained for fattening and trading and the price of cow Bali were more cheaper than bull. Therefore, it needs a new breakthrough to solve this problem by applying the embryo production technology in vitro. This process consists of in vitro maturation (IVM), in vitro fertilization (IVF) and in vitro culture (IVC). These three processes have been studied using Bali cattle oocytes, the maturity level of Bali cattle oocyte reaches 91.53%, while the fertilization and division rate was 68%-70,03% and embryo in vitro culture of Bali cattle reached 32 cell blastocyst stages. The results of the study indicate that the potential of invitro embryo production can be used to maintain and improve the genetic quality of Bali cattle.

Access to Document

Other files and links

• Link to publication in Scopus
• Open Access Version Available

Fingerprint