Birth of piglets after OPS vitrification and transfer of compacted morula stage embryos with intact zona pellucida

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Issue		Reprod. Nutr. Dev. Volume 41, Number 3, May-June 2001


Page(s)		267 - 272
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/rnd:2001129

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