Vitrification of oocytes from endangered Mexican gray wolves (Canis lupus baileyi)

Theriogenology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 647-654

  Boutelle, S ^a   Lenahan, K ^b   Krisher, R ^c   Bauman, K L ^a   Asa, C S ^a   Silber, S ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Canid; Captive breeding; Dog; Gene banking; Ovum cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS BAILEYI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOG; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOGS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTES; OVULATION INDUCTION; WOLVES;

EID: 79959501395     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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