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

Table 4 Developmental ability of oocytes in trial 2

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	100	79 (77.3 ± 2.3)	6	9.1 ± 1.9	12	27.9 ± 16.5
20 mg GH	306	234 (65.5 ± 15.2)	30	10.4 ± 5.1	42	14.4 ± 7.7
50 mg GH	311	249 (76.7 ± 4.1)	38	14.3 ± 2.6	49	16.4 ± 3.8

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

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