Preincubation of cumulus-oocyte complexes before exposure to gonadotropins improves the developmental competence of porcine embryos matured and fertilized in vitro

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 679-686

  Funahashi, H ^a   Cantley, T C ^a   Day, B N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Early embryonic development; IVF; IVM; Oocyte; Pig

Indexed keywords

CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION;

GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE FLUID; GERMINAL VESICLE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; SWINE;

EID: 0031062311     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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