Long-term hypothermic storage of oocytes of the European common frog Rana temporaria at various pressure regimes in gas mixtures based on oxygen, carbon monoxide, and nitrous oxide.

In recent years, the challenge of preserving amphibian biodiversity has increasingly been addressed through technologies for the short-term storage of unfertilized spawn at low positive temperatures. Previously the possibility of using a 6.5 atm gaseous mixture of carbon monoxide and oxygen for prolonged hypothermic preservation of unfertilized oocytes for more than 4 days was shown. This study aimed to investigate the viability of oocytes R. temporaria preserved under conditions of hypothermia at 2.5, 3 and 6.5 excess atm pressure in the various gas mixture compositions (CO, N

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