Effect of vitrification in open pulled straws on survival of bovine embryos from superovulated cows

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-99

  Lopatářová, Miloslava ^a   Cech S ^a   Havlicek V ^a   Holy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bovine embryo; Cryopreservation; Freezing; OPS vitrification; Superovulation; Thawing; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FREEZING; HATCHING; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SUPEROVULATION; SURVIVAL; THAWING; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0036920760     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200271010093     Document Type: Article

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