Non-surgical deep intra-uterine transfer of in vitro produced porcine embryos derived from sex-sorted frozen-thawed boar sperm

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 82-92

  Bathgate, R ^a   Morton, K M ^a   Eriksson, B M ^a   Rath, D ^b   Seig, B ^b   Maxwell, W M C ^a   Evans, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Institute of Animal Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; In vitro fertilisation; Non surgical embryo transfer; Sex preselection; Sperm sexing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SEX PRESELECTION; SPERM MOTILITY; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 33847203672     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2006.04.050     Document Type: Article

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