Animal biotechnology

• In vitro production of dairy cattle embryos:
  Propagation of donor cows of high genetic merit: Immature oocytes can be collected after slaughter, in vitro matured, fertilized, cultured (sexed) and transferred into recipient

• Conservation of endangered species:
  Development of assisted reproductive technology

• World’s first embryo transfer kits from frozen-thawed embryos in the farmed European polecat (Mustela putorius): A model for the conservation of the endangered European mink (Mustela lutreola)

• Applications of somatic cell nuclear transfer techniques
   
• Finland’s first bovine embryos produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer technique

Research group:

• Maria Halmekytö, PhD, Senior Assistant of Animal Biotechnology

• Kirsi Kananen-Anttila, PhD

• Heli Lindeberg, DVM, PhD

• Elina Reinikainen, techn.