PRODUCTION OF EMBRYOS INVITRO AND ITS IMPACT ON LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION

In Ireland, an attempt has been made to scale-up a laboratory procedure, which had yielded promising results, to meet the needs of extensive commercial exploitation of the technology of in vitro cattle embryo production. This paper examines some of the problems which have to be dealt with in bringing the embryo production technology to the point at which it becomes fully viable commercially. Much of the information included in the review is derived from on-going research and development work in the University; data are also derived from the work of. Ovamass Ltd., a company established in Ireland in 1987 to develop the technology of embryo production on a commercial basis. © 1990.