Development of a chemically defined cryopreservation solution for rat sperm and production of offspring by in vitro fertilization.
In vitro fertilization (IVF) and artificial insemination (AI) using frozen-thawed rat sperm have been established to enable the production of viable offspring. However, the current standard cryopreservation solution, which contains chicken egg yolk and Orvus ES Paste (OEP; sodium lauryl sulfate and other undefined comp...