A simple culture system for time-lapse video recording of bovine embryos

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 515-520

  Peippo, Jaana ^a   Bredbacka, Peter ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cinematography; Development; Mini embryo culture device

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030343417     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.72763     Document Type: Article

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