Effects of age and equine follicle-stimulating hormone (eFSH) on collection and viability of equine oocytes assessed by morphology and developmental competency after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 615-623

  Altermatt, J L ^a   Suh, T K ^a   Stokes, J E ^a   Carnevale, E M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Maternal aging

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL AGING; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ASPIRATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORSE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MARE; MATERNAL AGE; MORULA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERUS; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HORSES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MORULA; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTES; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 65349118306     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD08210     Document Type: Article

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