Inclusion of bovine lipoproteins and the vitamin e analogue, Trolox, during in vitro culture of bovine embryos changes both embryo and fetal development

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 309-316

  Rooke, J A ^a   Watt, R G ^a   Ashworth, C J ^a,b   McEvoy, T G ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antioxidant; embryo culture

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; TROLOX C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL STRUCTURE; COW; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS WEIGHT; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMANS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN E;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84856880001     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11034     Document Type: Article

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