In vitro production of bovine embryos in medium supplemented with a serum replacer: Effects on blastocyst development, cryotolerance and survival to term

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1316-1325

  Moore, K ^a   Rodriguez Sallaberry C J ^a   Kramer, J M ^a   Johnson, S ^a   Wroclawska, E ^a   Goicoa, S ^a   Niasari Naslaji, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cryosurvival; In vitro embryo culture; Maturation; Pregnancy rate; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SERUM; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SERUM; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 35649012530     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.08.034     Document Type: Article

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