Chemical activation of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) oocytes by different methods: Effects of aging on post-parthenogenetic development

Theriogenology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1627-1637

  Gasparrini, Bianca ^a   Boccia, Lucia ^a   Rosa, Anna De ^a   Palo, Rossella Di ^a   Campanile, Giuseppe ^a   Zicarelli, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Chemical activation; Oocyte aging

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ALCOHOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IONOMYCIN; N(6),N(6) DIMETHYLADENINE; N(6),N(6)-DIMETHYLADENINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BUFFALO; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MORULA; OOCYTE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ADENINE; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BUFFALOES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IONOMYCIN; MORULA; OOCYTES; PARTHENOGENESIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 7044224814     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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