Equine blastocyst development after intracytoplasmic injection of sperm subjected to two freeze-thaw cycles

Theriogenology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 808-819

  Choi, Y H ^a   Love, C C ^a   Varner, D D ^a   Hinrichs, K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Fertilization; Horse; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Oocyte; Sperm cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILITY; HORSE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILITY; HORSES; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 32044449805     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.04.035     Document Type: Article

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