Effects of co-culture and embryo number on the in vitro development of bovine embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1549-1561

  Donnay, I ^a   Van Langendonckt, A ^a   Auquier, P ^a   Grisart, B ^a   Vansteenbrugge, A ^a   Massip, A ^a   Dessy, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bovine; Co culture; Culture; Cumulus; Embryo; Granulosa; Synthetic oviduct fluid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031418363     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00160-X     Document Type: Article

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