COLLECTING OF EMBRYOS IN IRAQI LOCAL GOATS

Abstract

A twenty Iraqi local does were used in the current study. The allocated into donor group (10) and recipient group (10). All animal were treated with intravaginal progestagen sponges for 14 days, Induction of superovulation was conduced by injection of 1000, 500 IV of eCG to the donor and recipient groups respectively. The donor animals were served naturally at the time of estrous. Uteri of donor animals were washed with 50- 100 ml of PBS using the internal canola of Verris needle. Three embryos were collected and transferred to the uteri of two recipient animals using laparoscopy and surgical techniques.