Embryo transfer as a general practice activity

Abstract

It is with some reluctance that I begin to write a paper about embryo transfer. Every three months, I receive the International Embryo Transfer Society Newsletter with a bibliography of new embryo transfer articles that usually runs for 30 or more pages. One wonders if anyone can benefit from yet another article. Yet my assignment is to comment on embryo transfer as part of a general practice activity and there may be a useful purpose served here. My perspective is that of a dairy practitioner in a mixed animal practice. My concerns are that embryo transfer services contribute to my practice life and economics, and that embryo transfer services contribute to my client’s dairy herd reproduction programs.