Table 3.

Effect of VPA Treatment on the Development of Bovine SCNT Embryos In Vitro

			No. (mean %±SEM) of embryos developed to
VPA treatment	Repeat times	No. of embryos cultured	≥Two-cell	Blastocyst	No. of cells per blastocyst	No. (mean %±SEM) of apoptosis cells per blastocyst
SCNT-VPA	4	536	374 (69.79±0.99)a	214 (39.99±1.29)a	105±3.58	2 (1.91±0.48)a
SCNT (control)	4	522	340 (65.11±1.02)	182 (34.87±1.74)	106±2.27	6 (5.67±0.40)

Different superscripts in the same column show significant differences: (p<0.05).

Cleavage percentage: number of embryos cleaved/number of embryos cultured.

Blastocyst percentage: number of blastocysts/number of embryos cultured.

Apoptosis percentage: number of apoptosis cells/number of cells per blastocyst.