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. 2020 Mar 17;15(3):e0230247. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230247

Table 3. Effects of hrG-CSF supplementation at various concentrations on porcine pre-implantation embryonic development of in vitro fertilization embryos.

hrG-CSF Concentration (ng/mL) No. of oocytes Cultured (3) * No. (%) of embryos developed to Blastocyst cell Number (N)
Cleaved (%) Blastocyst (%)
0 88 62(70.5) 17(19.3) 44.3 ± 3.0(17)ab
10 87 57(65.5) 25(28.7) 62.5 ±4.5 (23)c
50 91 58(63.7) 21(23.1) 58.4 ± 6.9(21)bc
100 83 52(62.7) 14(16.9) 41.0 ± 2.9(14)a

Values with different superscripts within the same column are significantly different (P < 0.05).

The data represent means ± SEM.

* Number of replicates.

N Number of blastocysts examined.

† Percentage of total cultured oocytes.