Non-surgical transfer of fresh or frozen-thawed ovine embryos by laparoscopy

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-293

  Ishida, Naohisa ^a   Jung, Yeon Gil ^a   Itagaki, Ryoko ^a   Okada, Midori ^a   Ogiso, Tomoe ^a   Ishikawa, Daisuke ^a   Fukui, Yutaka ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; Frozen embryo; Laparoscopy; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 53149090589     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.45.289     Document Type: Article

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