Study on Embryonic Development and Embryo Freezing of Swamp Buffalo (ฺBubalus bubalis) in Thailand

Abstract

Development of swamp buffalo embryo and cryopreservation of embryo in this species have never been studied. From our work (OGR staff, Chulalongkorn University), we found that the chronology of embryonic development in swamp buffalo was different from the report in murrah buffalo and cattle. Other ways we found also that swamp buffalo embryo can be frozen and kept in liquid nitrogen as reported in other mammals. This article present the details of methods of embryo collection, searching and evaluation of embryo, chronology of embryonic development and freezing method for embryo in Swamp buflalo.