Culture of early stage ovine embryos to blastocyst enhances survival rate after cryopreservation

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2233-2242

  Garcia Garcia, R M ^a,b   Gonzalez Bulnes, A ^a   Dominguez, V ^a   Veiga Lopez, A ^a   Cocero, M J ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryosurvival; Developmental stage; Embryo culture; Freezing thawing; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 16844374771     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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