A pilot comparison of laser-assisted vs piezo drill ICSI for the in vitro production of horse embryos

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Smits, K ^a   Govaere, J ^a   Hoogewijs, M ^a   Piepers, S ^a   van Soom, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HORSE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LASER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HORSES; LASERS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84855731991     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2011.01814.x     Document Type: Article

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