Effect of protein supplementation and presence of an antioxidant on the development of bovine zygotes in synthetic oviduct fluid medium under high or low oxygen tension

Theriogenology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1565-1576

  Lonergan, P ^a   O'Kearney Flynn, M ^a   Boland, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bovine; Oocyte; Oxygen concentration; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; TAURINE;

ANIMAL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BODY FLUID; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORULA; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; OXYGEN TENSION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; TISSUE CULTURE; UTERINE TUBE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLASTOCYST; BODY FLUIDS; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OXYGEN; PROTEINS; TAURINE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0033150632     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00099-0     Document Type: Article

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