Production of sheep embryos in vitro and development of progeny following single and twin embryo transfers

Theriogenology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1525-1536

  Brown, B W ^a   Radziewic, T ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Embryo; Growth rate; Ovine; Serum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOCYST; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MITOGENESIS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON; TWINS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOA; TWINS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032102868     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00098-3     Document Type: Article

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