518. USE OF A PIEZO-ELECTRIC CERAMIC TACTILE SENSOR TO EVALUATE ZONA PELLUCIDA HARDNESS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF PIG OOCYTE AND EMBRYO GENERATED IN VITRO. Yoshida, Mitsutoshi¹, Imura, Hitomi¹, Murayama, Yoshinobu², Sakuma, Ichiro³, Tuji, Takayuki³, Omata, Sadao², ¹ Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Kagoshima, Japan² College of Engineering, Koriyama, Japan³ Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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519. ADDITION OF GnRH OR FSH FOR BOVINE OOCYTE MATURATION ENABLED COMPARABLE IN VITRO EMBRYO PRODUCTION. Freitas, Camila¹, Martins,Jr, Alicio^1,2, Stringhini, Graciele¹, Nobre, Andrea¹, Brackett, Benjamin², Silva, Rubia¹, ¹ Dept of Clinical Surgery and Animal Reproduction, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil² Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology, Athens, GA
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520. THE FERTILITY OF MOUSE SPERMATOZOA FREEZE-DRIED IN EGTA TRIS-BUFFERED SOLUTIONS OF VARYING pH. Kaneko, Takehito¹, Szczygiel, Monika¹, Whittingham, David¹, Yanagimachi, Ryuzo¹, ¹ The Institute for Biogenesis Research, Honolulu, HI
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521. ROLE OF MOUSE ADAM2 DISINTEGRIN ON SPERM-ZONA BINDING. Takahashi, Yuji¹, Tomczuk, Monika¹, ¹ Department of Cell Biology, Charlottesville, VA
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522. TRANSPORT OF FROZEN MOUSE SPERMATOZOA. Nakagata, Naomi¹, Kaneko, Takehito¹, Glenister, Peter², Mobraaten, Larry³, Imai, Kenji⁴, ¹ Division of Reproductive Engineering, Kumamoto, Japan² Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell, UK³ The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME⁴ Institute of Mammalian Genetics, Neuherberg, Germany
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523. EFFECT OF IN VITRO FERTILIZATION OF PIG OOCYTES MATURED IN DIFFERENT IN VITRO MATURATION MEDIA ACCORDING TO SPERM CONCENTRATIONS OF LIQUID BOAR SEMEN. Park, Chang-Sik¹, Yi, Young-Joo¹, ¹ Division of Animal Science and Resources, Daejeon, KR
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524. IN VITRO FERTILIZATION OF PIG OOCYTES MATURED IN VITRO BY LIQUID BOAR SPERMATOZOA. Yi, Young-Joo¹, Park, Chang-Sik¹, ¹ Division of Animal Science and Resources, Daejeon, KR
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525. UNIQUE ASPECTS OF ZYGOTIC DEVELOPMENT IN PIG AFTER IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AND CLONING. McCauley, Tod¹, Sutovsky, Miriam¹, Van Leyen, Klaus², Lai, Liangxue¹, Day, Billy¹, Prather, Randall¹, Oko, Richard³, Sutovsky, Peter^1,4, ¹ Dept of Animal Sciences, Columbia, MO² Sloan-Kettering Memorial Institute, New York, NY³ Dept of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Kingston, ON, CANADA⁴ Dept of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Columbia, MO
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526. MAGNESIUM INHIBITS IN VITRO FERTILIZATION OF PIG OOCYTES. Wu, Guang-Ming¹, Mao, Jiude¹, Lai, Liangxue¹, McCauley, Tod¹, Caamano, Jose¹, Park, Kwang-Wook¹, Rieke, August¹, Cantley, Thomas¹, Smith, Michael¹, Prather, Randall¹, Didion, Brad², Day, Billy¹, ¹ Dep of Animal Sciences, Columbia, MO² Monsanto, St. Louis, MO
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527. ELIMINATION OF GLUCOSE FOR BULL SPERM PREPARATION AND CO-INCUBATION WITH OOCYTES FOR IN VITRO EMBRYO PRODUCTION. Martins,Jr., Alicio^1,2, Stringhini, Graciele¹, Freitas, Camila¹, Brackett, Benjamin², Takada, Luciana¹, Silva, Rubia¹, ¹ Dept of Clinical Surgery and Animal Reproduction, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil² Dept of Physiology and Pharmacology, Athens, GA
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528. IN VITRO FERTILIZATION OF PORCINE OOCYTES IN POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE (PDMS)-GLASS MICROCHANNELS. Clark, Sherrie¹, Walters, Eric², Beebe, David^2,3, Wheeler, Matthew¹, ¹ Department of Animal Sciences, Urbana, IL² Beckman Institute, Urbana, IL³ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Madison, WI
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529. EFFECT OF PHOTOPERIOD ON PLATELET-ACTIVATING FACTOR CONCENTRATION IN BOAR SPERMATOZOA. Gaddam, Dhanunjaya¹, Diehl, John¹, Ford, J.², Rathje, Thomas³, ¹ Department of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, Clemson, SC² U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE³ Danbred USA, Seward, NE
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