Table 2.

Meiotic status of canine oocytes co-cultured with and without canine oviduct cells

Group	No. of oocytesa	Number of oocytes (% ± S.E.M.)
		GV	GVBD	MI	MII
Control	95	67 (70.5 ± 4.7)a	4 (4.2 ± 2.5)a	21 (22.1 ± 4.9)a	3 (3.2 ± 1.4)a
Oviduct cells	120	39 (32.5 ± 3.1)b	13 (10.8 ± 2.7)a	56 (46.7 ± 7.1)b	12 (10.0 ± 1.5)b

Within a column, values with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)

GV germinal vesicle, GVBD germinal vesicle breakdown, MI metaphase I, MII metaphase II

^aThree replications were performed