The current status of equine embryo transfer

Theriogenology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-104

  Squires, E L ^a   McCue, P M ^a   Vanderwall, D ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Equine; Preservation; Recovery; Transfer

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYSIS EXTRACT; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; DONOR; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOLOGY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HORSE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DONATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; RECIPIENT; SPERM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032926101     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00234-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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