Open pulled straw vitrification of goat embryos at various stages of development

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1018-1023

  Yacoub, A N Al ^a   Gauly, M ^a   Holtz, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryo transfer; Goat; Open pulled straw; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GOAT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMALS; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GOATS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 77950020801     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.11.028     Document Type: Article

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