Vitrification of boer goat morulae and early blastocysts by straw and open-pulled straw method

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-38

  Hong, Q H ^a   Tian, S J ^a   Zhu, S E ^a,b   Feng, J Z ^c   Yan, C L ^a   Zhao, X M ^a   Liu, G S ^a   Zheng, S M ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratories for Agricultural Biotechnology   (China)

^c Tianjin Inst Anim Husb Vet Sci   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GOAT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORULA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GOATS; MALE; MORULA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33845996539     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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