15th Scientific Meeting of the Association Europeenne de Transfert Embryonnaire (AETE), Lyon, France, 10-11 September 1999: Can embryo metabolism be used for selecting bovine embryos before transfer?

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 39, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 523-533

  Donnay, Isabella ^a   Partridge, Robert J ^b   Leese, Henry J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Embryo; In vitro; Marker; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

MARKER; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

EID: 0033181772     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:19990501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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