Table 2.
Mean±SE of intact follicles counted in different stages of development
Follicles | Groups | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-vitrified | Vitrified | Exp1 | Exp2 | Exp3 | |
Primordial/primary | 111.8±21.81 | 102±38.89 | 87.2±7.72 | 76±27 | 94±16.6 |
Intact secondary | 44.2±5.16 | 17.8±4.25 * | 15.4±2.03 * | 16.4±2.31 * | 16.8±3.42 * |
Intact antral | 1.8±0.8 | 0.6±0.24 | 0.8±0.37 | 0.8±0.37 | 0.8±0.37 |
Corpus luteum | 10±1.04 | 7.4±1.8 | 7.8±1.85 | 6.8±2.39 | 9±1.34 |
Intact | 164.2±13.35 | 123.6±21.7 | 83.6±6.8 * | 86.4±3.8 * | 104.2±19.03 * |
Atretic | 5.4±0.87 | 42.2±6.36 * | 44.6±2.06 * | 35.8±8.41 * | 34.4±2.6 * |
All follicles | 169.6±3.72 | 165.8±25.11 | 128.2±8.48 | 122.2±7.55 | 143.6±21.16 |
p<0.05: vitrified versus non-vitrified group in each row