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A single medium supports development of bovine embryos throughout maturation, fertilization and culture.

Oocytes and embryos are typically exposed sequentially to varying culture media in standard in-vitro protocols. Expenditures of energy may be required following each medium change to adjust to the changing environment. Therefore, a single base medium was evaluated for its ability to support in-vitro maturation, fertilization and pre-implantation development (IVM/F/C) of bovine oocytes and embryos. Four treatments were examined: a standard maturation [tissue culture medium (TCM) 199 with bovine calf serum (BCS)], fertilization (modified Tyrode's medium with albumin, lactate and pyruvate) and culture (hamster embryo culture medium/TCM with BCS) system (control) and three synthetic oviductal fluid (SOF) treatments; maturation in SOF with bovine serum albumin (SOFBSA), SOF with bovine calf serum (SOFBCS) or the control maturation medium (TCM199 with BCS; SOF199), followed by fertilization and culture in SOF medium. The percentage of total inseminated oocytes successfully developing to the morula and blastocyst stage did not differ (P > 0. 05) between treatments (control, 30.5 +/- 3.5; SOFBSA, 24.6 +/- 3.2; SOFBCS, 22.4 +/- 4.7; SOF199, 27.3 +/- 3.2). Embryos cultured in SOFBCS (92.1 +/- 6.4) had significantly higher cell numbers (P < 0. 05) than those cultured in control (74.8 +/- 4.8) and SOFBSA (71.6 +/- 6.6) but not SOF199 (81.2 +/- 6.8). In conclusion, a single medium can be used successfully throughout maturation, fertilization and pre-implantation embryo development. Moreover, inclusion of serum during maturation in the single medium system resulted in significantly greater cell numbers, possibly reflecting increased quality of the embryos produced.