Effects of follicular fluid supplementation of in-vitro maturation medium on the fertilization and development of equine oocytes after in-vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2766-2772

  Dell'Aquila, M E ^a   Cho, Y S ^b   Minoia, P ^a   Traina, V ^c   Lacalandra, G M ^a   Maritato, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Casa di Cura S Maria   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equine oocytes; Follicular fluid; In vitro fertilization; In vitro maturation; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORSE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID;

EID: 0031436306     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.12.2766     Document Type: Article

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