Hypothermic storage of sheep embryos with antifreeze proteins: Development in vitro and in vivo

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1017-1024

  Baguisi, A ^a   Arav, A ^b   Crosby, T F ^a   Roche, J F ^a   Boland, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifreeze proteins; Embryos; Hypothermia; Ovine

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; STORAGE; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 0031572593     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00328-2     Document Type: Article

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