Rick Beck, D.V.M.
39185 Diamond Valley Rd
Hemet. Ca 92543
888-4IN-FOAL
office@infoalinc.com
Once the oocyte is denuded and mature, it is ready to be
fertilized.  The sperm sample (can be very poor quality)
sperm, frozen, cooled or fresh needs to be prepared.  This
involves purifying it thru a density gradient solution then
washing it twice.  A plate is prepared with a drop of media for
the egg to be placed and a drop of PVP for the sperm sample.
PVP is a very thick liquid for slowing the sperm cell and
allowing it to be struck by the injection pipette to damage its
tail then aspirated tail first into the injection pipette.
Then the pipette is moved to the drop with the egg for
injection.  The egg is stabilized with the holding pipette and
the sperm is injected.
SPERM INJECTION