Production of calves following nonsurgical transfer of fresh and refrigerated bovine demi-embryos

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 521-527

  Bredbacka, Peter ^a,c   Jaakma, Ülle ^b   Müürsepp, Ilmar ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c Finnish Animal Breeding Association   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bisection; Cold storage; Embryo transfer; Pregnancy rate; splitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030328329     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.72764     Document Type: Article

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