Culture of bovine embryos in intermediate host oviducts with emphasis on the isolated mouse oviduct

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 777-785

  Rizos, D ^a   Ramirez, M A ^a   Pintado, B ^a   Lonergan, P ^b   Gutierrez Adan, A ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bovine IVP; Embryo quality; Organ culture; Oviduct

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INFERTILITY THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RABBIT; REVIEW; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MICE; RABBITS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77649191182     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.10.001     Document Type: Review

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