A comparison of a mechanical sector and a linear array transducer for ultrasound-guided transvaginal oocyte retrieval (OPU) in the cow

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 906-914

  Bols, P E J ^a   Leroy, J L M R ^b   Vanholder, T ^b   Van Soom, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bovine; Cow; Linear array transducer; Oocyte recovery; Ovum pick up; Sector transducer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PUNCTURE; TRANSDUCER; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PUNCTURES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 3142538906     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2003.12.016     Document Type: Article

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