Physical and clinicopathologic findings in foals derived by use of somatic cell nuclear transfer: 14 cases (2004-2008)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 236, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 983-990

  Johnson, Aime K ^a,c   Clark Price, Stuart C ^b,d   Choi, Young Ho ^a   Hartman, David L ^b,e   Hinrichs, Katrin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Performance Equine Associates   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e Hartman Equine Reproduction Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLONING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HORSE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LONGEVITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HORSES; LONGEVITY; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 77952323960     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.236.9.983     Document Type: Article

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