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. 2017 Jul 28;7:6773. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07185-w

Table 2.

Effect of TUDCA supplementation during embryo culture on the production of expanded and hatched blastocyst.

Groups No. of blastocyst Expanded blastocyst (%, mean ± SD) Hatched blastocyst (%, mean ± SD)
FT 50 65.9 ± 2.9a 25.9 ± 2.9a
ED 48 60.3 ± 3.1b 21.1 ± 2.6b
ED+ TUDCA 50 74.1 ± 4.6c 35.9 ± 4.3c

Note: Different letters within the same column indicate statistical differences at p < 0.05 by one-way ANOVA followed by the LSD multiple comparison test (N = 5). FT: blastocysts developed from conventional freeze-thaw boar spermatozoa without TUDCA-treatment; ED and ED+ TUDCA: blastocysts developed from evaporatively dried boar spermatozoa with 0 and 200 μM TUDCA-treatment, respectively.