Culture of in vitro fertilized bovine embryos with bovine oviductal epithelial cells, Buffalo rat liver (BRL) cells, or BRL-cell-conditioned medium

Theriogenology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 439-449

  Reed, W A ^a   Suh, Tae Kwang ^a,b   Bunch, T D ^a   White, K L ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lee's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BRL cells; Cattle; Culture systems; Embryo; Growth factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000940473     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(95)00380-Q     Document Type: Article

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