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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2020

C57BL/6J and B6129F1 Embryo Transfer: Unilateral and Bilateral Transfer, Embryo Number and Recipient Female Background Control for the Optimization of Embryo Survival and Litter Size.

Sofia Lamas, Filipa Franquinho, Marlene Morgado, João R Mesquita, Fátima Gärtner, Irina Amorim

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Sofia LamasAnimal Facility, i3S/ IBMC, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1665-1989
Filipa FranquinhoAnimal Facility, i3S/ IBMC, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7744-2753
Marlene MorgadoAnimal Facility, i3S/ IBMC, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3372-2304
João R MesquitaEpidemiology Research Unit (EPIUnit), Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
Fátima GärtnerAnimal Facility, i3S/ IBMC, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.
Irina AmorimInstitute of Biomedical Science Abel Salazar-ICBAS, R. Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-2305-1631

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Abstract

Embryo transfer (ET) is a common procedure in rodent facilities. Optimizing this technique may help to reduce the number of animals, but little information is available regarding wild type strains and the conditions that affect embryo transfer. To explore this theme, 2-cell C57BL/6J embryos were transferred after overnight culture of freshly collected zygotes using different conditions: unilateral transfers using a total of 6, 8, 12, 15, 20 and 25 embryos were performed initially; then, this strain was also used for bilateral transfers using a total of 6, 12 and 20 embryos equally divided by the two oviducts. Groups of 25 embryos were not tested for the bilateral technique, since this condition produced the lower success rate when using the unilateral technique and 20 embryos would still represent a large number of embryos. A group of 2-cell B6129F1 embryos was also transferred using unilateral and bilateral ET with 6, 12 and 20 embryos. Crl:CD1(ICR) were used as recipient females for non-reciprocal transfers and C57BL/6J were used to test reciprocal transfers (only tested for six C57BL/6J unilateral transfers). Unilateral transfers using C57BL/6J mice produced higher success rates using six embryos, compared to the other groups transferred unilaterally (

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embryo transferlitter sizemouse unilateral and bilateral surgical transfers

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