Table 4.

Blastocyst transfer and development in ferrets

ET method	Recipient type	Replicates	No. embryos Transferred	Percentage (mean ± S.E.M.) developing embryos
				Implantation	Fetal formation
Unilateral	Nullipara	3	34	95.6 ± 4.4	90.0 ± 5.8^a
Bilateral	Nullipara	3	36	92.8 ± 3.9	84.6 ± 5.7^a ^b
Unilateral	Primipara	3	31	83.8 ± 1.9	83.8 ± 1.9^a ^b
Bilateral	Primipara	3	31	80.5 ± 5.2	73.3 ± 2.7^b ^c

^a–c

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