Embryo technologies in the horse

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 151-170

  Squires, E L ^a   Carnevale, E M ^a   McCue, P M ^a   Bruemmer, J E ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; Gamete intrafallopian tube transfer (GIFT); Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HORSE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OOCYTE DONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SUPEROVULATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CLONING, ORGANISM; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HORSES; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SUPEROVULATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0037235690     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01268-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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