Nonequilibrium cryopreservation of rabbit embryos using a modified (sealed) open pulled straw procedure

Theriogenology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1541-1552

  Lopez Bejar M ^a   Lopez Gatius F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Nonequilibrium; Open pulled straws; Rabbit embryos; Rapid freezing; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FREEZING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RABBIT; TECHNIQUE; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; GLYCEROL; MALE; MORULA; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; SUCROSE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MOPS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0036836592     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01045-2     Document Type: Article

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