Bovine
oviductal
epithelial cells
mechanically
isolated
squeezing
oviducts
thumb and
index finger
pooled
inwarm Hanks buffered
saline
solution
rounds
centrifugation
easily
distinguishable
overlaying
erythrocytes
supernatant
discarded,
pipetted
resuspended
warm
equilibrated
culture
medium
based
Dulbecco’s
modified
Eagle’s medium and Ham’s
nutrient
mixture
containing
fatty acid free
Sigma–Aldrich
penicillin–streptomycin
amphotericin
count
cell viability
testing
performed with a Bürker Counting Chamber (W. Schreck,
Hofheim, Germany) and trypan blue. Bovine oviductal
epithelial cells were diluted to a density of 1 106 cells/mL
and seeded in three different culture systems as described
in the following. The culture mediumwas renewed after 24
hours and subsequently every 48 hours.