In vivo culture of IVM/IVF embryos in bovine oviducts by transvaginal endoscopy

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 94-98

  Havlicek, V ^a,b   Wetscher, F ^a,b   Huber, T ^a,b   Brem, G ^a,c   Mueller, M ^a,b   Besenfelder, U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c Agrobiogen GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CULDOSCOPY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPLANTATION; UTERINE TUBE; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CULDOSCOPY; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OVULATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VAGINA;

EID: 20544464508     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2005.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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