Batchwise assessment of porcine embryos for cryotolerance

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 413-422

  Fujino, Yukihiro ^a   Kikuchi, Kazuhiro ^b   Nakamura, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a   Yonemura, Isao ^c   Suzuki, Misae ^d   Misumi, Koji ^d   Nagai, Takashi ^e  

^a Saitama Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Research Center   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Tottori Prefectural Animal Husbandry Experiment Station   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Batchwise assessment; Cryotolerance; Embryo transfer; Freezing; Porcine embryo

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 33845359319     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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