Effect of ammonium during in vitro maturation on oocyte nuclear maturation and subsequent embryonic development in pigs

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 302-307

  Yuan, Y ^a   Krisher, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Embryo development; Oocyte maturation; Pig

Indexed keywords

QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR DIVISION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 70449530766     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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