Effect of cryopreservation by slow cooling and vitrification on viral contamination of IVF embryos experimentally exposed to bovine viral diarrhea virus and bovine herpesvirus-1

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 919-925

  Bielanski, A ^a   Lalonde, A ^a  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BHV 1; BVDV; Cryopreservation; IVF embryos; Viral contamination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; BOVINE HERPES VIRUS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HERPESVIRUS 1, BOVINE; MALE;

BOVINAE; BOVINE HERPESVIRUS 1; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 70149091041     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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