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. 2024 Oct 25;70(6):405–410. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2024-082

Table 5. Efficiency of fetus production of oocytes from various ages of C57BL/6J mice.

Age (week) Treatment Estimate no. fetus obtained from 100 ovulated oocytes Estimate no. fetus obtained from individual animals
3 Fresh 43.1 12.9
Frozen-thawed 13.6 4.0

4 Fresh 53.6 16.6
Frozen-thawed 37.4 11.6

5 Fresh 47.5 10.4
Frozen-thawed 33.5 7.3

6 Fresh 53.0 10.6
Frozen-thawed 33.8 6.8

8 Fresh 51.6 10.9
Frozen-thawed 30.0 6.3

10 Fresh 62.9 15.1
Frozen-thawed 45.6 11.0

Estimates were calculated from the results of Experiments 1 and 2 for fresh embryos, Experiment 3 for frozen-thawed embryos.