Recovery rate, morphological quality and nuclear maturity of canine cumulus-oocyte complexes collected from anestrous or diestrous bitches of different ages

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 821-825

  Lopes, G ^a   Sousa, M ^a   Luvoni, G Cecilia ^b   Rocha, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; Canine; Cumulus oocyte complexes; Estrous cycle; Oocyte quality

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIESTRUS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOG; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DIESTRUS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOGS; FEMALE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE;

EID: 34548240689     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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