STATE-OF-THE-ART PRODUCTION OF EMBRYOS IN VITRO IN SOUTH AMERICAN CAMELIDS

Abstract

The first research on in vitro fertilization in camelids have been made using gametes of slaughtered animals recovered. This job has been of invaluable help to try to standardize protocols in vitro maturation and fertilization. However it has not yet determined the time of in vitro maturation of oocytes alpacas and llamas, recent research suggests that will require about 40 hours to obtain high rates of metaphase II oocytes. There have been several studies of in vitro fertilization of oocytes alpacas and llamas, there is still no defined protocol that will generate high rates of cleavage and blastocyst, however, pregnancies have been reported in llamas and alpacas and the birth of first breeding llama through IVF.

Keywords

• camelid
• alpaca
• llama
• embryo