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Competence of Swine Oocytes Matured by Three-dimensional Gonadotropin-free Co-culture

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Munari, E., Asti, A., Colombani, C., Benzoni, E., Faustini, M., Torre, M.L., Riccardi, A., Villani, S., Sesso, L., Conte, U. and Vigo, D., 2007. Competence of swine oocytes matured by three-dimensional gonadotropin-free co-culture. Veterinary Research Communications, 31(Suppl. 1), 181–184

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Abbreviations

3D:

three-dimensional

eCG:

equine chorionic gonadotropin

H:

hormone

hCG:

human chorionic gonadotropin

IVF:

in vitro fertilization

IVM:

in vitro maturation

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  1. Department of Veterinary Sciences and Technologies for Food Safety, – Faculty of Vetrinary Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    E. Munari, A. Asti, C. Colombani, E. Benzoni, M. Faustini, A. Riccardi, L. Sesso & D. Vigo

  2. Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    M. L. Torre & U. Conte

  3. Department of Applied Health Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    S. Villani

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Munari, E., Asti, A., Colombani, C. et al. Competence of Swine Oocytes Matured by Three-dimensional Gonadotropin-free Co-culture. Vet Res Commun 31 (Suppl 1), 181–184 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-007-0091-7

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