In vitro production of pig embryos: Comparisons of culture media and boars

Theriogenology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1375-1390

  Long, C R ^a   Dobrinsky, J R ^a   Johnson, L A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Fertilization; In vitro; Oocyte; Pig

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSPERMY; SWINE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033136546     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00081-3     Document Type: Article

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