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. 2021 Feb 23;11(2):581. doi: 10.3390/ani11020581

Table 3.

Effects of L-Carnitine supplementation during IVM on preimplantation embryo development of canine oocytes following IVF and IVC (n = 3).

L-Carnitine (mg/mL) Number of Oocytes 2–16-Cell Stage n (%) Morula/Oocytes, n (%) Total Number of Cleaved Embryos/Oocyte, n (%) Morula/Cleaved Embryos (%)
0 171 11 (6.4) a 0 (0.0) a 11 (6.4) a 0 a
0.1 196 15 (7.7) ab 0 (0.0) a 15 (7.7) a 0 a
0.3 195 26 (13.3) bc 2 (1.0) a 28 (14.4) b 7.7 a
0.6 202 33 (16.3) c 9 (4.5) b 42 (20.8) b 27.3 b
1 184 14 (7.6) ab 0 (0.0) a 14 (7.6) a 0 a
2 187 13 (6.9) a 0 (0.0) a 13 (6.9) a 0 a

Values with different superscripts (a,b,c) in the same column are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05).