Embryo production by ovum pick up in unstimulated calves before and after puberty

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1169-1179

  Majerus, V ^a   De Roover, R ^a   Etienne, D ^a   Kaidi, S ^a   Massip, A ^a   Dessy, F ^a   Donnay, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calf; Embryo production; Ovum pick up

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZYGOTE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEXUAL MATURATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0033231606     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00209-5     Document Type: Article

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