Lambing rate using vitrified blastocysts is improved by culture with BSA and hyaluronan

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-47

  Dattena, M ^a   Mara, L ^a   Bin T, Ali A ^b   Cappai, P ^a  

^a Istituto Zootecnico e Caseario Per la Sardegna   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

In vitro embryo culture; Lambing; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; LAMB; LAMBING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HYALURONIC ACID; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SHEEP; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33751582701     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20576     Document Type: Article

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