Growth hormone treatment improves the development of follicles and oocytes in prepubertal lambs

Table 2 Developmental ability of oocytes in trial 1

Groups	No. of oocytes inseminated	No. of cleaved (Mean ± SEM, %)^a	Blastocysts
Groups	No. of oocytes inseminated	No. of cleaved (Mean ± SEM, %)^a	No. of D7 + D8 blastocysts^b	Rate of D7 + D8 blastocysts (Mean ± SEM,%)^c	Total^d	Rate of total blastocysts (Mean ± SEM,%)^e
Control	442	305 (66.9 ± 9.4)	72	22.1 ± 3.9^f	107	31.3 ± 9.1
25 mg GH	365	289 (66.3 ± 11.9)	80	22.6 ± 5.7^f	103	30.2 ± 5.1
50 mg GH	642	421 (60.9 ± 6.1)	145	34.2 ± 3.1^g	163	36.8 ± 4.0

a: Percentage of cleaved = no. of cleaved/no. of oocytes inseminated
b: Total no. of blastocysts developed at day 7 (D7) and day 8 (D8) after cleavage
c: Total no. of blastocysts in D7 + D8/no. of cleaved
d: Total no. of blastocysts developed from day 7 to day 9
e: Total no. of blastocysts/no. of cleaved
Values with different letters (f and g) within the same column are significantly different (P < 0.05)

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