Comparison of the efficacy of conventional slow freezing and rapid cryopreservation methods for bovine embryos

Cryobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 157-167

  Van Wagtendonk De Leeuw, A M ^a,b   Den Daas, J H G ^b   Kruip, A M ^a,d   Rall, W F ^c,e  

^a Embrytec B V ^*  (Netherlands)

^b HG   (Netherlands)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MORULA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MORULA; PREGNANCY; SOLUTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029287566     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1995.1014     Document Type: Article

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