In vitro culture of caprine preantral follicles: Advances, limitations and prospects

The majority of thousands of oocytes in the ovaries are small, non-growing and reside in preantral follicles. The development of a culture system for preantral follicle may be very useful for understanding the complex mechanism in folliculogenesis at early stages of development as wells as could offer a significant way for the propagation of livestock, including goats. This paper describes the results of a number of studies aimed to evaluate the effects of several substances on in vitro culture of caprine preantral follicles highlighting the many advances, limitations and prospects. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.