Normal calves produced after transfer of embryos cultured in a chemically defined medium supplemented with epidermal growth factor and insulin-like growth factor I following ovum pick up and in vitro fertilization in Japanese black cows

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 140-146

  Sakagami, Nobutada ^a   Umeki, Hidenobu ^b   Nishino, Osamu ^c   Uchiyama, Hiroko ^d   Ichikawa, Kyoko ^e   Takeshita, Kazuhisa ^f   Kaneko, Etsushi ^a   Akiyama, Kiyoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Shuji ^g   Tamada, Hiromichi ^h  

^a Livestock Industry Technology Station   (Japan)

^b Oita Prefectural Agriculture   (Japan)

^c Nara Prefectural Livestock Technology Center   (Japan)

^d Miyazaki Prefectural Livestock Research Institute   (Japan)

^e Kochi Prefectural Livestock Research Institute   (Japan)

^f Yamaguchi Prefectural Livestock Experiment Station   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

^h Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine embryo; Chemically defined medium; Epidermal growth factor (EGF); Insulin like growth factor i (IGF I); Ovum pick up (OPU)

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTES; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84859135146     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.11-050M     Document Type: Article

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