Effect of dehydration prior to cryopreservation of large equine embryos

Cryobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-41

  Barfield, J P ^a   McCue, P M ^a   Squires, E L ^a   Seidel Jr , G E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Dehydration; Embryo; Embryo transfer; Equine

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GALACTOSE; GLYCEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEHYDRATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MARE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; GLYCEROL; HORSES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 67649389399     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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