TY - JOUR T1 - Initiation Timing Cannot Predict Success of Superovulation in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) AU - Tang, Xianghui AU - He, Xiechao AU - Ji, Shaohui AU - Niu, Yuyu AU - Chen, Yongchang AU - Xie, Yunhua AU - Ji, Weizhi JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 10 IS - 24 SP - 3293 EP - 3296 PY - 2011 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2011.3293.3296 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2011.3293.3296 KW - rhesus monkey KW -initiation timing KW -Superovulation KW -ultrasonography KW -China AB - Current protocols for Superovulation (SO) of rhesus monkeys are not optimized and outcomes vary considerably. There has been little attempt to predict SO outcome according to the stimulation starting time point (Day of cycle) of the candidate oocyte donors. In the present study, researchers focus on the SO initiation timing and we hypothesized that this factor could be used to select optimal oocyte donor monkeys. Superovulation was initiated on menstrual cycle days 1-4 or 5 of 107 adult female rhesus monkeys then 81 animals were identified as good responders by ultrasonography after 6 days of treatment. Oocytes Pick Up (OPU) was performed by laparoscopic follicular aspiration. The numbers of total oocytes and metaphase II (MII) oocytes from each retrieval were recorded. The results showed that SO begun on days 1-4 or 5 of the menstrual cycle produced similar outcomes indicating that SO initiation in rhesus monkeys can be on days 1-5 of menses. These data showed that SO initiation timing can not be used to predict the SO outcome in rhesus monkeys. ER -