Development of vitrified matured cattle oocytes after thawing and culture in vitro

Veterinary Record

Volumn 146, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 469-471

  Le Gal F ^a,b   De Roover, R ^a   Verhaeghe, B ^a   Etienne, D ^a   Massip, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BREEDING; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034654908     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.146.16.469     Document Type: Article

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