Quantification of embryo quality by respirometry

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-31

  Lopes, Ana S ^a,b   Greve, Torben ^b   Callesen, Henrik ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Embryo selection; Metabolism; Oxygen; Quality; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREGNANCY;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33845208685     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.09.026     Document Type: Article

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