Thyroid hormone supplementation improves bovine embryo development in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 334-344

  Ashkar, Fazl A ^a   Semple, Esther ^a   Schmidt, Chris H ^a   John, Elizabeth St ^a   Bartlewski, Pawel M ^a   King, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cattle; Early embryo development; In vitro fertilization; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL EXPANSION; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; IN VITRO STUDY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SUPPLEMENTATION; SURVIVAL; UTERUS HORN;

BOS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 74549200298     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep394     Document Type: Article

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