Although the metabolism of early bovine embryos has not been fully elucidated,
several publications have addressed this important issue to improve culture
conditions for cattle reproductive biotechnologies, with the ultimate goal of
producing in vitro embryos similar in quality to those developing
in vivo. Here, we review general aspects of bovine embryo
metabolism in vitro and in vivo, and discuss the
use of metabolic analysis of embryos produced in vitro to assess
viability and predict a viable pregnancy after transference to the female tract.
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