Piglets Produced by Transfer of Vitrified Porcine Embryos after Stepwise Dilution of Cryoprotectants

Cryobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-31

  Kobayashi, S ^a   Takei, M ^a   Kano, M ^a   Tomita, M ^a   Leibo, S P ^b  

^a Aichi Ken Agricultural Research Center   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Ethylene glycol; Galactose; Porcine embryos; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; POVIDONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; MALE; POVIDONE; PREGNANCY; SOLUTIONS; SWINE;

EID: 0031989032     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1997.2056     Document Type: Article

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