Survival of IVF-derived bovine embryos frozen in glycerol or ethylene glycol

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 563-579

  Hasler, J F ^a   Hurtgen, P J ^a   Jin, Z Q ^a   Stokes, J E ^a  

^a Em Tran Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine embryos; Cryopreservation; Ethylene glycol; Glycerol; IVF

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031419860     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00274-4     Document Type: Article

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