Post-thaw viability of in vivo-produced canine blastocysts cryopreserved by slow freezing

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 576-582

  Guaitolini, C Renato de Freitas ^a,b   Taffarel, M Onghero ^b   Teixeira, N Soares ^a   Sudano, M José ^b   Freitas, P Maria Coletto ^c   Lopes, M Denise ^b   Landin Alvarenga, F da Cruz ^b   de Oliveira, C Alvarenga ^d   Luz, M Rezende ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blastocoele reexpansion; Cryopreservation; Dog; Embryo viability; Ethylene glycol; Glycerol

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOG; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DOGS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; GLYCEROL; HOT TEMPERATURE; PREGNANCY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84863452970     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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