Open pulled straw (OPS) vitrification: A new way to reduce cryoinjuries of bovine ova and embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-58

  Vajta, G ^a   Holm, P ^a   Kuwayama, M ^b   Booth, P J ^a   Jacobsen, H ^a   Greve, T ^c   Callesen, H ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b Animal Bio Technology Center   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cryopreservation; Embryo; Oocyte; OPS

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; OVUM;

EID: 0031828318     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199809)51:1<53::AID-MRD6>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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