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. 2015 Jan 13;32(3):471–478. doi: 10.1007/s10815-014-0418-6

Table 2.

Development rate of buffalo oocytes / embryos under different levels of oxygen (5 and 20 %) and glucose (5.6 and 20 mM)

Oxygen level (%) Glucose level - IVM (mM) # COCs % M-II % uncleaved oocyte % 2 cell (blocked) % 8–16 cell (blocked) % Morula (blocked) % Blastocyst
20 5.6 232 87.3 ± 2.06a 33.3 ± 1.46a 7.52 ± 0.29a 8.32 ± 0.64a 29.17 ± 1.22a 21.66 ± 0.15a
5 5.6 216 80.69 ± 0.1a 30.45 ± 2.5a 8.42 ± 0.87a 14.5 ± 2.18b 28.23 ± 1.38a 18.32 ± 1.37a
5 20 243 94.8 ± 2.6b 25.3 ± 2.87a 4.19 ± 0.93b 5.74 ± 1.60c 35.80 ± 4.52b 28.96 ± 0.91b

Values indicate Mean ± SEM. Different superscripts indicate significant difference along column (p < 0.05). Glucose concentration at IVC-I and –II was kept at 5.6 mM both at 5 and 20 % O2