First report of Trypanosoma evansi in a canine in Argentina.

An Argentinian Dogo which suffered from anorexia, lymphadenopathy, cachexia and paresis of the hind limbs was diagnosed with trypanosomiasis in Argentina in 2013. In this study, we describe the clinical profile and its evolution as well as the molecular method employed to identify and quantify Trypanosoma evansi.

Relationship between even early cleavage and day 2 embryo score and assessment of their predictive value for pregnancy.

The aim of this study was, firstly, to define the different patterns of early cleavage (EC) observed at 26 h after either IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and, secondly, to assess the predictive value of one of these patterns, even EC (EEC), on pregnancy rate in combination with day 2 embryo score. In the first part of the study, the relationship between three different EC patterns (EEC, uneven EC and EC with fragmentation of the day 2 embryo) and embryo morphology was determined. EEC was shown to be strongly associated with good embryo morphology.

[How to improve ART results? Is France behind other countries? Strategy for single embryo transfer: The value of embryo selection and embryo freezing].

Multiple embryo transfer is associated with a high frequency of twin pregnancies with costly complications involving both mother and child. As a result high priority is currently being given to the development of single embryo transfer (SET) programs. France seems to be lagging behind Northern European countries in the development of SET and widespread use of SET will depend on convincing physicians that this policy will not have a negative impact on success rate, as has been the case for many protocols described in the literature as well as in our own experience.