Effects of amino acid supplements and replacement of polyvinyl alcohol with bovine serum albumin in porcine zygote medium

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 789-795

  Suzuki, Chie ^a   Yoshioka, Koji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid solution; Glutamine; Hypotaurine; In vitro culture; Pig embryos

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUTAMINE; HYPOTAURINE; NONESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SUPPLEMENTATION; SWINE; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SWINE; TAURINE; ZYGOTE;

BOS TAURUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33748803638     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD06032     Document Type: Article

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