Intracytoplasmic sperm injection in livestock species: An update

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-151

  Garcia Rosello E ^a   Garcia Mengual E ^b   Coy, P ^c   Alfonso, J ^d   Silvestre, M A ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales y de la Salud   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^d Instituto de Medicina Reproductiva IMER   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GOAT; HORSE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RABBIT; REVIEW; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GOATS; HORSES; MALE; OOCYTES; RABBITS; SHEEP; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

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EID: 58249100050     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.01018.x     Document Type: Review

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