In vitro evaluation and pregnancy rates after vitrification of in vitro produced bovine embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 757-767

  Martinez A G ^a   De Matos, D G ^a   Furnus, C C ^a   Brogliatti, G M ^a  

^a Ctro de Invest Reproductivas P   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ethylene glycol; Ficoll; Glycerol; Propylene glycol; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FICOLL; GLYCEROL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FICOLL; GLYCEROL; PREGNANCY; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SOLUTIONS; SUCROSE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0032191793     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00181-2     Document Type: Article

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