Is the ovarian vascularization correlated with superovulatory response and in vivo embryo production in native brazilian sheep?

LIMA, M. S. D.; VERGANI, G. B.; LEITÃO, I. P. A.; SILVA, F. J. C. da; SILVA, K. de M.; MONTEIRO, A. W. U.; PEREIRA, L. M. C.; RAMOS, A. F.; BATISTA, R. I. T. P.; FONSECA, J. F. da; OLIVEIRA, M. E. F.; TEIXEIRA, D. I. A.

Is the ovarian vascularization correlated with superovulatory response and in vivo embryo production in native brazilian sheep?

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The use of color Doppler ultrasonography in multiple ovulation and embryo transfer (MOET) protocols for sheep allows the real?time monitoring of ovarian blood flow and potentially can be a tool to predict embryo production in sheep. Therefore, the present study tested the correlation of ovarian vascularization at 36 h after the end of the superovulation treatment and at 12h (Day 15) before the non?surgical embryo recovery (NSER) (Day 16) with estrus response (ER%), duration of estrus (DE), number of corpus luteum (CL), number of anovulatory follicles (AF), number of structures recovered (SR), number of viable embryos (VE; Grade 1-3).