This study aimed to evaluate the effect of estrus on in vitro canine oocyte. A total of 92 oocyte from bitches under ovary-hysterectomy surgery was used. The oocytes were selected and randomly assigned to two different treatments, being T1 (n = 48) in vitro cultured for 96h using basic medium (TCM199 + 5µg/mL of LH + 20µg/mL of FSH), plus 10% of cow inactive serum in estrus and T2 (n = 44) basic medium plus 10% of bitch inactive serum in estrus. The percentage of oocyte observed on metaphase I do not indicate a difference (P>0.05) between T1 (2.1%) and T2 (0.0%). However, the rate of mature oocyte (metaphase II) was different (P<0.05), being 27.1% for T1 and 47.7% for T2. There was difference (P<0.05) in the condensed chromatin rate for T1 (14.6 %) and T2 (0.0 %), respectively. There was no difference (P>0.05) between T1 (56.3%) and T2 (52.3%) in oocyte with no chromosome configuration. These results indicate that supplementation with estrus bitch serum on culture media offer better conditions to in vitro development, when compared to estrus cow serum.
canine; oocyte culture; metaphase II
