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Morphometric Protocol for the Objective Assessment of Blastocyst Behavior During Vitrification and Warming Steps
Published on: February 28, 2019
Bovine blastocyst diameter as a morphological tool to predict embryo cell counts, embryo sex, hatching ability and
Michael Hoelker1, Friedrich Schmoll, Hendrik Schneider
1Institute of Animal Science: Animal Breeding and Husbandry Group, University of Bonn, Endenicher Alle 15, 53115 Bonn, Germany. michael.hoelker@itz.uni-bonn.de
Reproduction, Fertility, and Development
|July 14, 2006
Abstract:
The aim of the present study was to explore whether the blastocyst diameter and the zona thickness at 168 h after fertilisation are useful parameters to predict quality and viability of bovine in-vitro-produced (IVP)-embryos. Although significant (P
