Effect of biopsy and vitrification on in vitro survival of ovine embryos at different stages of development

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 813-824

  Naitana, S ^b   Loi, P ^a   Ledda, S ^b   Cappai, P ^a   Dattena, M ^a   Bogliolo, L ^b   Leoni, G ^b  

^a Inst Zootecnico e C   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cell sampling and vitrification; In vitro viability; Ovine embryos

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; MORULA; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SARDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030252295     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(96)00239-7     Document Type: Article

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