| In Foal, Inc. DEDICATED TO EQUINE REPRODUCTION |
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| 39185 Diamond Valley Rd Hemet. Ca 92543 888-4IN-FOAL office@infoalinc.com |
| Cleavage is dividing. When the injected egg divides into seed, we know the fertilization was successful and the embryo, now called a zygote, or early embryo is growing. is followed by successive divisions resulting in 4,8,16 etc cells inside the embryo. We now have the option of transferring the cleaved egg into the oviduct of a recipient mare surgically, or trying to grow it into a morula (5 to 6 day embryo) and transfer it thru the cervix as we do embryo transfer. Recent advances in our culture system have resulted in the majority of our cleaved oocytes reaching blastocyst stage as photos below illustrate. This series shows the same oocyte becoming a blastocyst. |
