Effects of plasma urea nitrogen levels on the bovine oocyte ability to develop after in vitro fertilization

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 783-787

  Santos, P ^a   Marques, A ^a   Antunes, G ^a   Chaveiro, A ^a   Andrade, M ^a   Borba, A ^a   Da Silva, F Moreira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NICK END LABELING; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CATTLE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; OOCYTES;

BOVINAE;

EID: 70349194931     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01075.x     Document Type: Article

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