Relationship between in vitro fertilisation of ewe oocytes and the fertility of ewes following cervical artificial insemination with frozen-thawed ram semen

Theriogenology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1797-1808

  O'Meara, C M ^a   Hanrahan, J P ^b   Donovan, A ^b   Fair, S ^a   Rizos, D ^a   Wade, M ^a   Boland, M P ^a   Evans, A C O ^a   Lonergan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blastocyst rate; Cleavage rate; Fertility; Frozen thawed semen; IVF; Ram

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPERM COUNT;

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EID: 26844448661     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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