Cryopreservation of in vitro-produced ovine embryos

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 288-296

  Martinez A G ^a   Valcarcel A ^a   Furnus, C C ^a   de Matos, D G ^a   Iorio, G ^a   de las Heras, M A ^a  

^a Centro de Investigaciones Reproductivas Perez Companc   (Argentina)

Author keywords

In vitro survival; Lambing; Transfer

Indexed keywords

OVIS;

EID: 33646482717     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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