In vitro development of equine oocytes from preserved ovaries after intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 877-885

  Matsukawa, Kazutsugu ^a   Akagi, Satoshi ^a   Adachi, Noritaka ^b   Sato, Fumio ^c   Hasegawa, Telhisa ^c   Takahashi, Seiya ^a  

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

^b Ibaraki Prefectural Livestock Research Center   (Japan)

^c EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cryopreservation; Equine; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); Preserved ovary

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORSE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OVARY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL NUCLEUS; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORSES; OOCYTES; OVARY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

BOVINAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 34548565998     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.18167     Document Type: Article

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