Table 2.
Number of oocytes classified by cumulus investment collected by ovum pick‐up in river buffaloes without (control) and with superstimulation (superstimulated)
| Groups | No. of buffaloes | Number of collected oocytes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zona | Denuded | Partially | Monolayer | Multilayer | Expanded | Total | ||
| Control | 9 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.6 ± 1.0 | 1.7 ± 1.4 | 1.2 ± 1.5 | 0.2 ± 0.4 | 1.1 ± 1.1 | 4.8 ± 2.0 |
| Superstimulated | 9 | 0.2 ± 0.4 | 0.4 ± 0.7 | 0.7 ± 0.7 | 1.8 ± 1.2 | 0.8 ± 1.0 | 1.2 ± 1.5 | 5.1 ± 2.1 |
| p values | 0.169 | 0.824 | 0.122 | 0.401 | 0.051 | 0.834 | 0.688 | |
Values are means ± SD.
Zona: Zona pellucida without an ooplasm. Denuded: Oocytes denuded from cumulus cells. Partially: Oocytes with partially attached cumulus cells. Monolayer: Oocytes covered by a monolayer of cumulus cells. Multilayer: Oocytes covered by multiple layers of cumulus cells. Expanded: Oocytes covered by expanded cumulus cells.