Vitrification with DAP 213 and Cryotop of Ex Situ and In Situ Feline Cumulus-Oocyte Complexes

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1003-1008

  Alves, A E ^b   Kozel, A C ^a   Luvoni, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL CULTURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CUMULUS CELL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; VITRIFICATION;

ACETAMIDES; ANIMALS; CATS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CUMULUS CELLS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; VITRIFICATION;

FELIDAE;

EID: 84868673213     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2012.02006.x     Document Type: Article

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