The effect of time of intrauterine insemination on the development and viability of embryos collected from superovulated ewes

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 727-738

  McEvoy, T G ^a,b   Robinson, J J ^a,b   Aitken, R P ^a   Robertson, I S ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Fertilization; Insemination time; Oocyte aging; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION; FOLLITROPIN; LAPAROSCOPY; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLOPROSTENOL; FOLLITROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SHEEP; SUPEROVULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 0030224027     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(96)00224-5     Document Type: Article

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