High survival rate of bovine oocytes matured in vitro following vitrification

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 685-696

  Chian, Ri Cheng ^a,d   Kuwayama, Masashige ^b   Tan, Leonard ^a   Tan, Justin ^a   Kato, Osamu ^b   Nagai, Takashi ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Kato Ladies Clinic   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bovine; Cryotop; Embryo; Oocyte; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SUCROSE; PROPANEDIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SURVIVAL RATE; VITRIFICATION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OVARY;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OOCYTES; OVARY; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; SUCROSE;

EID: 18244403786     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.50.685     Document Type: Article

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