Cryopreservation of immature equine oocytes, comparing a solid surface vitrification process with open pulled straws and the use of a synthetic ice blocker

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-27

  De Leon, P M M ^a   Campos, V F ^a   Corcini, C D ^a   Santos, E C S ^a   Rambo, G ^a   Lucia, T ^a   Deschamps, J C ^a   Collares, T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Equine oocytes; Ice blocker; IVM; Membrane integrity; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORSE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORSES; OOCYTES;

EQUIDAE; SUGARCANE STREAK VIRUS;

EID: 83055194594     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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