Ammonia concentration in bovine follicular fluid and its effect during in vitro maturation on subsequent embryo development

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Hammon, D S ^a   Wang, S ^a   Holyoak, G R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cattle follicular fluid; Embryo culture; In vitro maturation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; IN VITRO CULTURE; MATURATION; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; SOLUTE CONCENTRATION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034723752     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(99)00069-X     Document Type: Article

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