Cryopreservation of ovine embryos: Slow freezing and vitrification

Theriogenology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1039-1049

  Martinez A G ^a   Matkovic, M ^a  

^a Centro de Investigaciones Reproductivas Perez Companc   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ethylene glycol; Glycerol; Propylene glycol; Sucrose; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZING; LOW TEMPERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SHEEP; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZING; MORULA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SHEEP; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032055703     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00052-1     Document Type: Article

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