. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 3.

Published in final edited form as: Mol Reprod Dev. 2007 Sep;74(9):1228–1235. doi: 10.1002/mrd.20682

Table 2.

The effect of amino acids at oviductal or uterine fluid concentrations on the development of porcine IVF embryos.

Treatment groups	No. of oocyte	Cleaved (Mean % ± SEM)	Blastocyst (Mean % ± SEM)	Nuclei No. of blastocyst(Mean ± SEM)
D3OF	79	61(77.2±0.7)	16(20.3±7.9)	37.8±6.9^ab
D5UF	77	60(77.9±7.3)	11(14.3±10.7)	57.6±8.3^a
D3OF 2day~ D5UF	78	65(83.3±5.9)	16(20.5±15.1)	42.6±5.8^ab
D3OF 3day~ D5UF	78	63(80.8±4.8)	20(25.6±10.4)	42.0±3.4^b
D3OF 4day~ D5UF	75	64(85.3±1.3)	14(18.7±10.0)	34.3±3.0^ab
Control	78	60(76.9±7.5)	24(30.8±9.1)	40.5±3.5^b

Values with different superscripts within the same column differ (p<0.05).

Data represents three replicates.