Effect of culture system on survival rate of vitrified bovine embryos produced in vitro

Cryobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-290

  Shirazi, A ^a,b   Nazari, H ^b   Ahmadi, E ^b   Heidari, B ^a,b   Shams Esfandabadi, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Bovine; Co culture; In vitro production; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO;

BOVINAE;

EID: 70549100907     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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