Comparisons between nulliparous heifers and cows as oocyte donors for embryo production in vitro

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 939-949

  Rizos, Dimitrios ^a   Burke, Lisa ^a   Duffy, Patrick ^a   Wade, Mary ^a   Mee, John F ^b   O'Farrell, Kevin J ^b   MacSiurtain, Mairtin ^a   Boland, Maurice P ^a   Lonergan, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Embryo development; IVF; Oocyte competence; OPU

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TRANSPLANTATION; UTERINE TUBE;

ABATTOIRS; AGING; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTES; PARITY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 11444250126     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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