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Embryos: Invetro vs Conventional
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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1365184" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>No personal experience as I have not used IVF embryos. However, several large breeders have told me the conception, for the most part,is horrible. Way worse than conventional. There are several collection points around here that are no longer offering IVF until they can get some of the bugs worked out, or a little more consistency. They have yet to figure out why some flushes are bunk (VERY LOW CONCEPTIONS) and some are as good as conventional. </p><p>A breeder near here told me (and Ron while he was out here for a sale) that they bought a flush on a cow. They decided to do it via IVF, and ended up with 13 eggs. The location where the cow was flushed offered to put the embryos in the recips fresh, and they would only have to pay for the ones that stuck the embryo 60 days. They ended up with ZERO conceptions on those 13 embryos. Not good odds. At least they only lost the money on the flush!</p><p>As long as you get your guarantee when you buy (usually it is one pregnancy when you buy 3), it might be worth a try. I usually get two or even three pregnancies when I buy conventional, and am afraid if I do get some IVF, I would be lucky to get one!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1365184, member: 18809"] No personal experience as I have not used IVF embryos. However, several large breeders have told me the conception, for the most part,is horrible. Way worse than conventional. There are several collection points around here that are no longer offering IVF until they can get some of the bugs worked out, or a little more consistency. They have yet to figure out why some flushes are bunk (VERY LOW CONCEPTIONS) and some are as good as conventional. A breeder near here told me (and Ron while he was out here for a sale) that they bought a flush on a cow. They decided to do it via IVF, and ended up with 13 eggs. The location where the cow was flushed offered to put the embryos in the recips fresh, and they would only have to pay for the ones that stuck the embryo 60 days. They ended up with ZERO conceptions on those 13 embryos. Not good odds. At least they only lost the money on the flush! As long as you get your guarantee when you buy (usually it is one pregnancy when you buy 3), it might be worth a try. I usually get two or even three pregnancies when I buy conventional, and am afraid if I do get some IVF, I would be lucky to get one! [/QUOTE]
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