Publications by authors named "Nathalia Nogueira Da Costa De Almeida"
Do the blood anti-Müllerian hormone concentrations in young females correlate with the ovarian follicular population later in life in water buffalo?
Reprod Domest Anim
April 2024
In this longitudinal study, the anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels in blood were determined in 32 Murrah buffalo females at 8, 10, 12, 16 and 19 months of age when females were synchronized and the antral follicular population (AFP) was estimated. Correlations of AFP to the AMH level at 19 months of age and retrospectively to younger ages were investigated. Then females were split into high and low AFP, and their AMH levels were compared for all ages and tested as predictors of AFP categories.
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- This study investigated how adding bovine follicular fluid (BFF) at 5% or 10% levels to in vitro fertilization (IVF) medium affects embryo development in bovines.
- Despite the variation in BFF supplementation, there were no significant differences in embryo cleavage and blastocyst formation rates among the groups.
- The only notable gene expression differences were in blastocysts from the 10% BFF group, which showed lower levels of certain genes compared to controls, suggesting that 5% BFF may create a more optimal and less stressful environment for embryo development.
Despite the cytotoxicity and embryotoxicity previously reported artesunate is a recommended drug to treat malaria for adults, children, and women in the first trimester of pregnancy. To address the putative effects of artesunate on female fertility and preimplantation embryo development, when the pregnancy is not detectable yet, artesunate was added to the oocyte maturation and embryo development of bovine. Briefly, in experiment 1 the cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) were matured for 18 h with 0.
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