Theriogenology
Volume 73, Issue 8 , Pages 1116-1126 , May 2010

Recovery of mare oocytes on a fixed biweekly schedule, and resulting blastocyst formation after intracytoplasmic sperm injection

  • Candace C. Jacobson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4466, United States
    • Present address: Section of Reproductive Studies, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, New Bolton Center, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, 19348, United States.
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  • Young-Ho Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4466, United States
    • ,
  • Shelby S. Hayden

      Affiliations

    • Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4475, United States
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  • Katrin Hinrichs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4466, United States
    • Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4475, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 979 862 1338; fax: +1 979 845 6544.

Received 8 August 2009 ,Revised 4 December 2009 ,Accepted 5 January 2010.

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PII: S0093-691X(10)00033-6

doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.01.013

Theriogenology
Volume 73, Issue 8 , Pages 1116-1126 , May 2010

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