Factors affecting recovery and quality of oocytes for bovine embryo production in vitro using ovum pick-up technology

Theriogenology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 433-446

  Ward, F A ^a   Lonergan, P ^a   Enright, B P ^a   Boland, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

COC; Group culture; IVC; IVF; IVM; Media ratio; Vacuum pressure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW RATE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRESSURE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNIQUE; TIME; VACUUM;

ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OOCYTES; SOLUTIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE HARVESTING; VACUUM;

EID: 0033810906     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00360-5     Document Type: Article

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