Publications by authors named "Y Cognie"

The objective of this study was to determine whether MVV can be transmitted by ovine embryos produced in vitro and whether the zona pellucida (ZP) provides any protection against MVV infection. Zona pellucida (ZP)-intact and ZP-free embryos, produced in vitro, at the 8-16 cell stage, were cocultured for 72h in an insert over an ovine oviduct epithelial cell (OOEC)-goat synovial membrane (GSM) cell monolayer that had been previously infected with MVV (K1514 strain). The embryos were then washed and transferred to either direct contact or an insert over a fresh GSM cell monolayer for 6 h.

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Two experiments have been performed to clone the bucardo, an extinct wild goat. The karyoplasts were thawed fibroblasts derived from skin biopsies, obtained and cryopreserved in 1999 from the last living specimen, a female, which died in 2000. Cytoplasts were mature oocytes collected from the oviducts of superovulated domestic goats.

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Article Synopsis
  • * Using specific PCR techniques, the research achieved high accuracy in determining sex (96.6%) and PrP genotypes (95.8%) from the biopsies taken from the embryos at Day 7 after oestrus.
  • * No significant differences were found in the lambing rates and embryo survival between biopsied and whole vitrified embryos, indicating that these genotyping methods are reliable for selecting embryos before transfer.
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A heterologous in vitro system, using zona-intact sheep oocytes, was used to evaluate the relationship between sperm factors of Iberian red deer thawed epididymal sperm and the percentage of cleaved oocytes. Epididymal spermatozoa were recovered from six males, diluted with freezing extender and cryopreserved. After thawing sperm motility (SM) and acrosome and membrane integrities were evaluated.

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This study evaluates the effect of coculture with goat oviduct epithelial cells (GOEC) on the pregnancy rate, embryo survival rate and offspring development after direct transfer of vitrified/thawed caprine in vitro produced (IVP) embryos. Oocytes were recovered from slaughterhouse goat ovaries, matured and inseminated with frozen/thawed capacitated semen, and presumptive zygotes were randomly cultured in synthetic oviduct fluid (SOF) (n=352) or GOEC (n=314). The percentage of cleaved embryos reaching the blastocyst stage was 28% and 20% in SOF and GOEC, respectively (P<0.

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