Production of good-quality porcine blastocysts by in vitro fertilization of follicular oocytes vitrified at the germinal vesicle stage

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-156

  Somfai, T ^a,b   Noguchi, J ^a   Kaneko, H ^a   Nakai, M ^a   Ozawa, M ^a   Kashiwazaki, N ^c   Egerszegi, I ^d   Ratky J ^d   Nagai, T ^b   Kikuchi, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cumulus oocyte complex; Embryo development; In vitro fertilization; Pig; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 71349083205     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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