Endoscopic approaches to manage in vitro and in vivo embryo development: Use of the bovine oviduct

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 768-776

  Besenfelder, U ^a   Havlicek, V ^a   Kuzmany, A ^a   Brem, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cattle; Embryo development; Endoscopy; Oviduct

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BOVIDS; BREEDING; CATTLE; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; METHODOLOGY; RABBIT; REVIEW; SWINE; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; RABBITS; RUMINANTS; SWINE;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 77649179207     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.07.003     Document Type: Review

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