Seasonal variations in the developmental competence of bovine oocytes matured in vitro

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 473-475

  Silva, C C ^a,b   Rosa, H J D ^a   Knight, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLASTOCYST; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPRING;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE;

EID: 33645955282     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.14.473     Document Type: Article

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