Effect of diet quantity and urea supplementation on oocyte and embryo quality in sheep

Theriogenology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1059-1069

  Papadopoulos, S ^a   Lonergan, P ^a   Gath, V ^a   Quinn, K M ^a   Evans, A C O ^a   O'Callaghan, D ^a   Boland, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Embryo; Energy; IVF; Oocyte; Sheep; Urea

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOOD QUALITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BODY WEIGHT; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; UREA;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0035868163     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(01)00466-6     Document Type: Article

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