Embryonic disc development and subsequent viability of cattle embryos following culture in two media under two oxygen concentrations

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 787-793

  Fischer Brown, A E ^a   Lindsey, B R ^a,b   Ireland, F A ^c   Northey, D L ^a   Monson, R L ^a   Clark, S G ^c   Wheeler, M B ^c   Kesler, D J ^c   Lane, S J ^c   Weigel, K A ^a   Rutledge, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Minitube of America   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL VIABILITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; LATIN SQUARE DESIGN; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RECIPIENT; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 13844267657     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD04026     Document Type: Article

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