Development of in vitro matured and fertilized bovine embryos cocultured with bovine oviductal epithelial cells obtained from oviducts ipsilateral to cystic follicles

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 201-209

  Kamishita, H ^a   Takagi, M ^a   Choi, Y H ^a   Wijayagunawardane, M P B ^a   Miyazawa, K ^a   Sato, K ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle reproductive technology; Coculture; Follicular cyst; IVM IVF; Oviductal epithelial cell

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; COCULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE CYST; MALE; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRADIOL; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR CYST; FOLLICULAR FLUID; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0033575773     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(99)00046-9     Document Type: Article

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