In vitro embryo production and embryo transfer in domestic and non-domestic cats

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 1518-1524

  Pope, C E ^a   Gomez, M C ^a,c   Dresser, B L ^a,b  

^a AUDUBON NATURE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Cryopreservation; Embryo transfer; IVF; Oocyte retrieval

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

CARACAL CARACAL; FELIS CATUS; PRIONAILURUS VIVERRINUS;

EID: 33748551343     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.01.026     Document Type: Article

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