In vitro development of OPU-derived bovine embryos cultured either individually or in groups with the silk protein sericin and the viability of frozen-thawed embryos after transfer

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 661-665

  Isobe, Tomohiro ^a,c   Ikebata, Yoshihisa ^b   Do, Lanh Thi Kim ^a   Tanihara, Fuminori ^a   Taniguchi, Masayasu ^a   Otoi, Takeshige ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Cattle Breeding Development Institute   (Japan)

^c Kagoshima Prefectural Government Livestock Division Kagoshima Prefecture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine embryos; In vitro development; Ovum pick up; Pregnancy; Silk protein

Indexed keywords

CULTURE MEDIUM; SERICIN;

ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; BOVINE; BREEDING; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZING; OOCYTE; PHARMACOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FREEZING; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SERICINS;

EID: 84934440960     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/asj.12341     Document Type: Article

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