Table 3.

Zygotic transfer and development in the ferret

ET method	Recipient type	Replicates	No. embryos Transferred	Percentage (mean ±S.E.M.) developing embryos
				Implantation	Fetal formation
Unilateral	Nullipara	3	42	71.6 ± 1.4	69.5 ± 3.5^a ^b
Bilateral	Nullipara	3	45	72.3 ± 4.6	71.2 ± 4.4^a ^b
Unilateral	Primipara	3	38	72.5 ± 5.1	62.3 ± 4.2^b ^c
Bilateral	Primipara	3	37	61.2 ± 5.8	56.2 ± 3.4^c

^a–c

Within a column, percentages without a common superscript are different (P < 0.05).