Table 2.

Effects of dietary essential fatty acids on bovine in vitro embryo development.

Diet group (No. of cows)	No. of oocytes (n)	(%) Cleavage rate (n)	(%) Blastocyst rate (n)	Total cell number (n)
CTRL (7)	61	34 ± 8.1 (20)	23.5 ± 11.7 (6)	71.2 ± 12.1 (5)
EFA (7)	64	51.7 ± 9.3 (33)	17.4 ± 7.9 (7)	92.1 ± 10.1 (6)
CLA (8)	65	53.3 ± 5.1 (35)	26.1 ± 11.2 (12)	124.9 ± 18.9 (12)
EFA + CLA (8)	70	36.2 ± 10.6 (26)	15.2 ± 8.4 (7)	121 ± 13.2 (7)

Values are means ± SEM. CTRL: coconut oil; EFA: linseed oil + safflower oil; CLA: Lutalin® EFA+CLA: linseed oil + safflower oil + Lutalin®.