Improved cryopreservation of in vitro-produced bovine embryos using a chemically defined freezing medium

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1294-1302

  Bruyere P ^a   Baudot, A ^b   Guyader Joly, C ^c   Guerin P ^a   Louis, G ^b   Buff, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNCEIA   (France)

Author keywords

Animal derived products; Bovine serum albumin; Differential scanning calorimetry; Fetal calf serum; IVP bovine embryo; Slow freezing

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS BLOOD; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL BLOOD; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 84865798723     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.05.025     Document Type: Article

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