Transition of the pregnancy rate of bisected bovine embryos after co-transfer with trophoblastic vesicles prepared from in vivo-cultured in vitro-fertilized embryos

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 749-756

  Hashiyada, Yutaka ^a   Okada, Masato ^a   Imai, Kei ^a  

^a NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bisected bovine embryos; Co transfer; Pregnancy rate; Trophoblastic vesicles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATTLE; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPLANTATION; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATTLE; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLASTS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 30744479219     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.17032     Document Type: Article

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