Direct transfer of equine blastocysts frozen-thawed in the presence of ethylene glycol and sucrose

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1217-1224

  Hochi, S ^a,b   Maruyama, K ^a   Oguri, N ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Direct transfer; Equine blastocysts; Ethylene glycol; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY RATE; THAWING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0030275385     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(96)00292-0     Document Type: Article

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