Influence of the duration of in vitro maturation and gamete co-incubation on the efficiency of in vitro embryo development in Italian Mediterranean buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 354-364

  Gasparrini, Bianca ^a   De Rosa, Anna ^a   Attanasio, Laura ^a   Boccia, Lucia ^a   Di Palo, Rossella ^a   Campanile, Giuseppe ^a   Zicarelli, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Embryo development; In vitro maturation; Oocyte; Sperm oocyte incubation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BUFFALO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MEIOSIS; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BUFFALOES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 40049091580     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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