Attempts at in vitro fertilization and culture of in vitro matured oocytes in sei (balaenoptera borealis) and Bryde's (B. edeni) whales

Zygote

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-28

  Bhuiyan, M M U ^a   Suzuki, Y ^a   Watanabe, H ^a   Matsuoka, K ^a,b   Fujise, Y ^a,b   Ishikawa, H ^a,b   Ohsumi, S ^a,b   Fukui, Y ^a  

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

^b T   (Japan)

Author keywords

In vitro embryo production; Oocyte grade; Protein supplementation; Whale

Indexed keywords

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA BOREALIS; BALAENOPTERA EDENI; BOVINAE; CETACEA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; WHALE;

ANIMALS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTES; SEMEN PRESERVATION; WHALES;

EID: 64949182139     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199408004887     Document Type: Article

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