Table 2.
COCs | Oocytes | ||||
Number of injected-punctured follicles | Percent of recovery | Percent of DEG | Percent of immature | Resumption of meiosis | |
PBS i.f., CEG i.v. | 23 | 91 (21/23)a | 19 (4/21) | 0 (0/21) | 81 (17/21)a |
IL-1β i.f., saline i.v. | 25 | 80 (20/25)a | 20 (4/20) | 20 (4/20) | 60 (12/20)ab |
PBS i.f., saline i.v. | 15 | 73 (11/15)a | 27 (3/11) | 27 (3/11) | 45 (5/11)b |
PBS, Phosphate buffer saline; CEG, crude equine gonadotropin; IL-1β, interleukin 1 beta; i.f., intrafollicular; i.v., intravenous; DEG, degenerated; MI metaphase I; MII, metaphase II. a and b are significantly different (P < 0.05).