Noninvasive bovine oocyte quality assessment: Possibilities of a single oocyte culture

Theriogenology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1509-1520

  Goovaerts, I G F ^a   Leroy, J L M R ^a   Jorssen, E P A ^a   Bols, P E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bovine oocyte; Individual in vitro embryo production; Noninvasive oocyte quality assessment; Single oocyte culture

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CUMULUS CELL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; CUMULUS CELLS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; OOCYTES;

BOVINAE;

EID: 78049266714     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.06.022     Document Type: Review

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