In vitro assessment of a direct transfer vitrification procedure for bovine embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1200-1214

  Campos Chillon L F ^a   Walker, D J ^a   De La Torre Sanchez, J F ^a   Seidel Jr , G E ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine; Direct transfer; Embryo; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEAT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MORULA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEAT; MORULA; NITROGEN; TIME FACTORS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 33644696705     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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