Cryopreservation of mammalian ovaries and oocytes

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-132

  Jewgenow, K ^a   Wiedemann, C ^a   Bertelsen, M F ^b   Ringleb, J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR ZOO AND WILD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Felids; Freezing; Oocyte; Ovary

Indexed keywords

BOS; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79953107714     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2010.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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