Effect of genetic merit, milk yield, body condition and lactation number on in vitro oocyte development in dairy cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 981-989

  Snijders, S E M ^a,b   Dillon, P ^b   O'Callaghan, D ^a   Boland, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Fermoy Co   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Body condition; Dairy cows; In vitro; Milk yield; Oocyte development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FITNESS; GENETICS; LACTATION; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; LACTATION; OOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0034162846     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00244-2     Document Type: Article

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