Progesterone enhances in vitro development of bovine embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 108-114

  Ferguson, C E ^a,b   Kesler, D J ^c   Godke, R A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bovine embryo; IVC; IVF; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 83055172910     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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