Time-lapse videomicrographic observations of blastocyst hatching in cattle

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 649-654

  Niimura, Sueo ^a   Ogata, Tadahiro ^a   Okimura, Ayano ^a   Sato, Taro ^b   Uchiyama, Yasuhiko ^b   Seta, Takeshi ^b   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^b   Nakagawa, Kuniaki ^b   Tamura, Yuichi ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Niigata Agricultural Research Institutes   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle blastocyst; Cryopreserved embryo; Fresh embryo; Hatching pattern; Time lapse videomicrography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY; MORULA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SUPEROVULATION; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MORULA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SUPEROVULATION; TIME FACTORS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 78951477116     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.10-069H     Document Type: Article

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