Culture of bovine embryos in polyester mesh sections: The effect of pore size and oxygen tension on in vitro development

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1104-1109

  Somfai, T ^a   Inaba, Y ^a   Aikawa, Y ^a   Ohtake, M ^a   Kobayashi, S ^a   Akai, T ^b   Hattori, H ^b   Konishi, K ^a   Imai, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

^b DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OXYGEN;

BOVINAE;

EID: 78649551830     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01502.x     Document Type: Article

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