Attempts to improve the yield of bovine blastocysts by incorporating insulin, selenium and transferrin in the in vitro system

South African Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-37

  Bowles, C M ^a   Lishman, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bovine blastocyst; In vitro; Insulin; Selenium; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444454005     PISSN: 03751589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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