Pregnancies, calves and calf viability after transfer of in vitro produced bovine embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 527-539

  Schmidt, M ^a   Greve, T ^a   Avery, B ^a   Beckers, J F ^a   Sulon, J ^a   Hansen, H B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bovine; bPAG; Calf survival; In vitro production; Placenta

Indexed keywords

CHILDBIRTH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; IN VITRO STUDY; KARYOTYPING;

PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED ALPHA2 GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOCYST; CELL VIABILITY; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS WASTAGE; KARYOTYPING; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL INFECTION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030202022     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(96)00174-4     Document Type: Article

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