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. 2021 Sep 1;12:710887. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.710887

Table 2.

Percentage of cleavage (bovine cleaved embryos) and blastocyst rate (embryos that reached the blastocyst stage) after 8 days of culture with 1% of the respective HUF.

HUF sample no. COCs (Total N) Cleavage Blastocyst rate
Total N % Total N %
1 26 21 81 10 48
2 31 26 84 8 31
3 28 23 82 6 26
4 28 21 75 16 76
5 47 22 47*
6 30 23 77 13 57
7 40 31 78 9 29
8 24 18 75 9 50
9 19 15 79 8 53
10 21 15 71 4 27*
11 30 22 73 9 41
12 28 20 71 6 30
13 34 24 71 10 42
14 22 17 77 5 29*

The samples with <70% of cleavage or with <30% (asterisk) embryos reaching the blastocyst stage were considered not suitable for biobanking or use in ART, but the remaining 11 were considered suitable for both purposes.