Effect of taurine and melatonin in the culture medium on buffalo in vitro embryo development

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-16

  Manjunatha, B M ^a,c   Devaraj, M ^a   Gupta, P S P ^b   Ravindra, J P ^b   Nandi, S ^b  

^a VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^b ICAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL NUTRITION AND PHYSIOLOGY   (India)

^c CUPA Veterinary Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; TAURINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MEIOSIS; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MEIOSIS; MELATONIN; OOCYTES; TAURINE;

BUBALUS;

EID: 58249094972     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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