Advances on in vitro production and cryopreservation of porcine embryos

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 132, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 115-122

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Yi, Kangle ^b   Yan, Haifeng ^b   Zhou, Xu ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hunan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Science   (China)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryo; In vitro production; Pig

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHEMISTRY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; LIPIDS; SWINE;

MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84863218724     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2012.05.008     Document Type: Review

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