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

Table 6 Developmental ability of oocytes in trial 3

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	453	269 (61.7 ± 4.6)	84	28.9 ± 2.7^f	90	30.9 ± 3.2^f
Short treatment	203	114 (54.9 ± 8.9)	54	44.8 ± 4.2^g	55	46.2 ± 4.8^g
Long treatment	389	244 (65.9 ± 8.8)	104	40.7 ± 3.4^g	111	43.6 ± 3.5^g

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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