Use of platelet lysate from estrus heifer for in vitro embryo production in dairy cows
Silviu-Ionuț Borş, Vasile Vintilă, Alina Borş, Amalia-Ioana Hârbu, Viorel-Cezar Floriștean · 2026
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Description
Silviu-Ionuț Borş and four co-authors test a culture supplement for cattle embryos in a study from two thousand twenty-six. Lab-made bovine embryos rely on fetal bovine serum, which varies by batch and can distort embryo structure. The team tried platelet lysate from a heifer in estrus instead.
Oocytes from slaughterhouse ovaries were pooled and split at random between the lysate medium and a control. Across five sessions, over five hundred egg complexes were recovered. By day eight, the lysate group had far more hatched blastocysts, about forty percent versus seventeen. Total blastocyst yield also trended higher, though not significantly. Early cleavage and other stages matched the control. The authors see the supplement as a promising serum alternative.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Silviu-Ionuț Borş, Vasile Vintilă, Alina Borş, Amalia-Ioana Hârbu, Viorel-Cezar Floriștean |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |