Improved in vitro development of OPU-derived bovine (Bos taurus) embryos by group culture with agarose-embedded helper embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1643-1651

  Senatore, E M ^a   Xu, J ^b   Suarez Novoa M V ^c   Gong, G ^d   Lin, T ^e   Bella, A ^f   Moreno, J F ^g   Mannino, M E ^a   Tian, X ^d   Presicce, G A ^f,h   Wu, S C ⁱ   Du, F ^b  

^a ARSIAL Centro Regionale Per la Zootecnia   (Italy)

^b Renova Life Inc   (United States)

^c Universidad Centrocidental Lisandro Alvarado   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^g Sexing Technologies   (United States)

^h Consorzio di Ricerca e Sperimentazione per gli Allevatori ^*  (Italy)

ⁱ NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agarose; Cattle; Embryo development; IVF; Ovum pick up

Indexed keywords

SEPHAROSE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COCULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; SEPHAROSE;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 78049297877     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.06.037     Document Type: Article

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