Microbial contamination of embryos and semen during long term banking in liquid nitrogen

Cryobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-152

  Bielanski, A ^a   Bergeron, H ^b   Lau, P C K ^b   Devenish, J ^a  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BHV 1; BVDV; Contamination; Cryopreservation; Embryos; Liquid nitrogen; Semen; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Fertilization

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; BOVINE HERPES VIRUS; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GERMPLASM; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STRAW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; BOVINE HERPESVIRUS 1; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HERPESVIRIDAE; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 0037384393     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-2240(03)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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