Table 2.
In vitro developmental rate of bovine embryos to the blastocyst stage following intracytoplasmic injection with PVP solution (n = 3–9)
| Number of oocytes | Number of embryos cleaved (%) | Number of blastocysts (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Injected product | |||
| None (control) | 129 | 105 (81.4 %)a | 31 (24.0 %)c |
| SOF | 79 | 62 (78.5 %)a | 19 (24.1 %)c |
| PVP | 73 | 38 (52.1 %)b | 5 (6.8 %)d |
| Brand of PVP injected | |||
| Sigma | 90 | 44 (48.9 %)e | 13 (14.4 %)gh |
| Irvine | 115 | 79 (68.7 %)e | 24 (20.9 %)g |
| Fertipro | 110 | 53 (48.2 %)f | 9 (8.2 %)h |
| Injection medium | |||
| 199 | 65 | 41 (63.1 %) | 9 (13.8 %) |
| SOF | 95 | 63 (66.3 %) | 11 (11.5 %) |
| HTF | 61 | 36 (59.0 %) | 6 (9.8 %) |
This table was from Kato and Nagao [30]
n number of replicated experiments, letters within columns indicate significant differences (a–b χ 2 = 10.142, p < 0.001, c–d χ 2 = 10.14, p < 0.01, e–f χ 2 = 12.09, p < 0.01, g–h χ 2 = 7.260, p < 0.05)