Effect of delayed supplementation of fetal calf serum to culture medium on bovine embryo development in vitro and following transfer

Theriogenology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1239-1249

  Thompson, J G ^a,b   Allen, N W ^a   McGowan, L T ^a   Bell, A C S ^a   Lambert, M G ^b   Tervit, H R ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bovine; Charcoal treatment; In vitro development; Serum

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; DEXTRAN; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHARCOAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DEXTRANS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL BLOOD; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032523123     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00071-5     Document Type: Article

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