The effect of season on oocyte quality and developmental competence in Italian Mediterranean buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 48-53

  Di Francesco, Serena ^a   Boccia, Lucia ^a   Campanile, Giuseppe ^a   Di Palo, Rossella ^a   Vecchio, Domenico ^a   Neglia, Gianluca ^a   Zicarelli, Luigi ^a   Gasparrini, Bianca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Developmental competence; Oocyte morphology; Season

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ITALY; MALE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; ITALY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 78751705298     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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