Vitrification of in vitro cultured porcine two-to-four cell embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 258-264

  Cuello, C ^a,b   Gil, M A ^a   Alminana C ^a   Sanchez Osorio, J ^a   Parrilla, I ^a   Caballero, I ^a   Vazquez, J M ^a   Roca, J ^a   Rodriguez Martinez, H ^b   Martinez, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Embryo; Porcine; Two to four cell; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVALUATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 34250356408     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.05.039     Document Type: Article

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