The effect of long-term in vivo culture in bovine oviduct and uterus on the development and cryo-tolerance of in vitro produced bovine embryos

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 832-837

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 77957150296     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01364.x     Document Type: Article

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