An embryo from a female animal is transferred to another animal bydetermining presence of an embryo in the uterus of a donor animal by ultra-sonicimaging and inserting an endoscope vaginally into the uterus to a locationadjacentthe embryo. A tool of the endoscope projects to a position to extract theembryowashed into a container of the tool which is then closed by moving a closurepart toenclose the embryo and extracting the endoscope to remove the embryo fortransferto a recipient animal. The fluid into the container can be controlled inpressure tomaintain a required pressure generally matching that inside the uterus.
