Lipid content, active mitochondria and brilliant cresyl blue staining in bovine oocytes

Theriogenology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 417-422

  Castaneda, Cesar A ^a,c   Kaye, Peter ^a   Pantaleon, Marie ^a   Phillips, Nancy ^a   Norman, Scott ^a,d   Fry, Richard ^b   D'Occhio, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Speedbreed   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brilliant cresyl blue; Cattle; Lipid; Mitochondria; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

BRILLIANT CRESYL BLUE; COLORING AGENT; LIPID; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MITOCHONDRION; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; OXAZINES; STAINING AND LABELING;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84872189617     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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