Consequences of exposure to serum, with or without vitamin E supplementation, in terms of the fatty acid content and viability of bovine blastocysts produced in vitro

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 275-284

  Reis, A ^a,b   Rooke, J A ^a   McCallum, G J ^a   Staines, M E ^a   Ewen, M ^a   Lomax, M A ^b   McEvoy, T G ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cattle; Embryo

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CARBON 14; FATTY ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EXPOSURE; EMBRYO; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL CALF SERUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; SWINE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CULTURE MEDIA; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; PYRUVIC ACID; SERUM; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0942277030     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD03004     Document Type: Article

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