Quality of Aceh Cattle Ovaries Added with Bovine Pituitary Extract in the Vitrification Medium
Cut Intan Novita1,2, Kartini Eriani3, Amalia Sutriana4, Tongku Nizwan Siregar5,6*, Ni Wayan Karja7
1Graduate School of Mathematics and Applied Sciences, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia; 2Animal Sciences Study Program, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia; 3Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Indonesia; 4Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Indonesia; 5Laboratory of Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Indonesia; 6Research Center of Aceh Cattle and Local Livestock, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Indonesia; 7Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia.
*Correspondence | Tongku Nizwan Siregar, Laboratory of Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Indonesia; Email:
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Figure 1:
Various stages of follicle development in Aceh cattle ovaries after vitrification with BPE: A: primordial follicle; B: primary follicle; C: secondary follicle with oocyte; D: damaged secondary follicle with oocyte; E: tertiary follicle; F: de Graaf follicle (o: oocyte; g: granulosa cell; zp: pellucida zone; af: antrum folliculi). Scale bar=200 µm. Magnification 10x.