Do you want to expand the best bloodlines in your herd and prepare for the next generation? With AURIVA’s Biotechnology Division, you can start advancing the genetic progress of your herd right away.
Have we invited you to participate in one or more genetic programs? Explore AURIVA’s various service offerings for embryo collection and choose the one that best fits your goals and your animals.
ART makes it possible to produce multiple embryos from an elite female in order to accelerate the dissemination of her genetic potential.
OPU-IVF makes it possible to produce embryos from oocytes retrieved directly from the donor, without cycle restrictions and by utilizing a larger number of females.
OPU-FIV at the clinic optimizes oocyte and embryo production from the best donors through dedicated monitoring.
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Better known as “TE,” in vivo production involves stimulating a donor and then inseminating her to produce multiple embryos, which are then collected from the uterus. This method, widely used in livestock breeding, is ideal for rapidly disseminating the genetics of a high-quality female and securing her bloodlines.
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With on-farm OPU-IVF (Oocyte Pickup (OPU) / In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)), oocytes are collected directly from the donor at your farm and then fertilized in the laboratory to produce embryos. This approach allows you to work without cycle constraints and to make the most of females that do not respond, or respond less well, to conventional “TE.”
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The principle remains the same as for on-farm OPU-IVF, but the donors are monitored at the Denguin facility to optimize their oocyte production and the number of embryos obtained. This is the preferred approach for maximizing the potential of the best genetic lines.
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Embryo flushing? Transfers? Advice?
Contact Clément LACROIX, Embryo Transplant Technician
Embryo flushing? Transfers? Advice?
Contact Tanguy FABRE, Embryo Transfer Technician
Embryo flushing? Transfers? Advice?
Contact Serge LACAZE, Head of the Embryo Biotechnology Division
Embryo flushing? Transfers? Advice?
Contact Giselle GAMARRA, Manager of In Vitro Embryo Production and Embryo R&D
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For high-potential heifers, elite cows, pregnant females, or animals that do not meet the standard protocols for in vivo embryo production: AURIVA Élevage is launching its “On-Farm OPU-IVF ”—Oocyte Puncture (OPU) / In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)—an innovation now available throughout France directly on farms.
At GAEC de la Crouzette, in Calmont, Aveyron, nothing is left to chance when it comes to organization. Spread over several sites, farming demands rigorous time management, particularly for the dairy herd.
GAEC BARAUDERIE is Laurent, Etienne and Joachim MICHAUD, three brothers associated on a 370 ha farm at Saint Maurice Étusson in the Deux-Sèvres département (79). The three brothers raise 140 Blonde d’Aquitaine dams and 100 Holstein cows.
JOLLY, daughter of VORTEX was born on 08/07/2014 at GAEC L’ESPRIT DES MONTAGNES in MANIGOD (74). Spotted in 2018 thanks to genotyping, Yves DUNAND (the Abondance technician at the time) qualified her as a mother to bull (MAT). She will remain so for 4 years, leaving behind her the REGGAE bull (son of NOSTRESS) born in October 2020 and released in 2022 as a young sire in the AURIVA catalog.
As in many aspects of genetic selection, the arrival of genomics in Abondance a few years ago has enabled biotechnologies, and in particular embryo transfer (ET), to take a step forward. Whether as part of a scheme to offer you the best breeding stock or for private use, TE is a powerful tool for genetic progress. In this brochure, we give the floor to Franck Mariller, one of the key players in the field of TE in Abondance. A seasoned embryo transplant technician, he shares his experience with us.
In 2021, France will have 81,325 Abondances, including 44,005 cows and 31,380 heifers. Today, Abondance is found in over 20 départements, mainly in Haute-Savoie and Savoie, but also in the Massif Central.
