Embryo survival and recipient pregnancy rates after transfer of fresh or vitrified, in vivo or in vitro produced ovine blastocysts

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 35-44

  Papadopoulos, S ^a   Rizos, D ^a   Duffy, P ^a   Wade, M ^a   Quinn, K ^a   Boland, M P ^a   Lonergan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Embryo; Embryo survival; In vitro; In vivo; Ovine; Pregnancy rate; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS WEIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE DONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL WEIGHT; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP;

EQUIDAE; OVIS;

EID: 0037110529     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(02)00162-8     Document Type: Article

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