Successful pregnancy following transfer of feline embryos derived from vitrified immature cat oocytes using 'stepwise' cryoprotectant exposure technique

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1442-1449

  Tharasanit, Theerawat ^a   Manee In, Sukanya ^b   Buarpung, Sirirak ^a   Chatdarong, Kaywalee ^a   Lohachit, Chainarong ^a   Techakumphu, Mongkol ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cat; Embryo development; Immature oocyte; Pregnancy; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CATS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY;

FELIDAE;

EID: 80053564024     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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