Effect of homologous follicular fluid from medium-sized and large follicles on in vitro maturation of equine cumulus-oocyte complexes

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 651-658

  Conforti, Valéria A ^a,b   Vanderwall, Dirk K ^a   Woods, Gordon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulus expansion; Horse; Nuclear maturation; Ooplasm

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HORSES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 25844455154     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD05036     Document Type: Article

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