Growth factors and growth hormone enhance in vitro embryo production and post-thaw survival of vitrified bovine blastocysts

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1393-1402

  Mtango, N R ^a   Varisanga, M D ^b   Dong, Y J ^a   Rajamahendran, R ^a,c   Suzuki, T ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bovine; Embryos; GH; Growth factors; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; MALE; OOCYTES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0037356603     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01163-9     Document Type: Article

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