Effect of corpus luteum: quality and recovery rate of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) oocytes

Authors: LAKSHMAN SAHOO, SURESH K. SINGLA

Abstract: Recovery rate and quality of oocytes were investigated from abattoir collected ovaries with and without corpora lutea (CL). The oocytes were categorized into four grades: grade-A, grade-B, grade-C, and grade-D based on the presence of the cumulus cells complex around the oocytes. The number of oocytes per ovary were 1.7 ±0.1 and 1.5 ±0.1, obtained from ovaries without CL and with CL, respectively. Recovery rate of different grades of oocytes from ovaries with CL and without CL were almost identical.

Keywords: Buffalo, ovary, oocyte, CL

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