Effects of oxygen tension and supplements to the culture medium on activation and development of bovine follicles in vitro

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 344-353

  Gigli, I ^a   Byrd, D D ^a   Fortune, J E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Culture conditions; Follicular development; Ovarian follicle; Ovary; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; INSULIN; LINOLEIC ACID; OXYGEN; SELENIUM; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INSULIN; LINOLEIC ACID; OOCYTES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OXYGEN; SELENIUM; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; TRANSFERRIN;

BOS TAURUS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS;

EID: 33745198029     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.11.021     Document Type: Article

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