Table 2.

Effect of treatment with mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) or MSC associated with FSH on the number of matured COC, cleaved embryos and day-7 blastocysts in Gir (Bos indicus) cows that previously underwent multiple OPU sessions and had a history of low embryo production.

Endpoint	Group	OPU session
		1	2	3
COC matured
	Control	2.5 ± 1.1	2.0 ± 0.6	2.4 ± 1.3
	MSC	3.1 ± 0.6	3.3 ± 1.4	4.7 ± 2.6
	MSC + FSH	3.5 ± 0.8	4.5 ± 1.4	3.5 ± 1.0
Cleaved
	Control	2.3 ± 1.1	1.6 ± 0.5	2.2 ± 1.1
	MSC	2.3 ± 0.5	2.3 ± 0.9	4.0 ± 1.6
	MSC + FSH	2.5 ± 0.5	3.5 ± 1.3	3.0 ± 0.7
Blastocysts
	Control	0.2 ± 0.2	0.4 ± 0.4	0.2 ± 0.2
	MSC	0.3 ± 0.3	0.0 ± 0.0	0.2 ± 0.2
	MSC + FSH	0.3 ± 0.2	0.2 ± 0.2	0.0 ± 0.0