Table 4.

Main effects from clinical signs and blood parameters in calves born from fresh, vitrified, and frozen embryos measured on Day 0 prior to and after colostrum intake.

			Embryo	Calf		Recipient
Parameter	Colostrum	Cryo(a)	Culture	Sex	Breed	breed	Bull
CRT		< 0.001	0.010				0.010
Birth weight			< 0.001	0.003			0.005
Chest perimeter			< 0.001				0.001
Size				0.012			0.001
Temperature	0.010		< 0.001
Conjunctival	0.047					0.016
Nasal flux						< 0.001
Heartbeats	0.051	0.034					< 0.001
Respiration
pH	< 0.001						0.002
PCO2	< 0.001	0.008					0.015
Base excess	0.005		0.033				0.004
HCO${}_3^{-}$	0.037		0.011
TCO2			0.012				0.015
Lactate
Na+		0.040		0.012		< 0.001	< 0.001
K+							0.027
Cl−				0.003		< 0.001
Ca2+	0.027						< 0.001
Glucose							0.010
Urea			0.023				0.001
Creatinine		0.004	0.030	0.004
PCV		0.046		0.005			< 0.001
Hemoglobin		0.044		0.005			< 0.001
Anion gap			0.027				< 0.001
PO2
sO2

^(a)Cryo: embryo fresh or cryopreserved (vitrified or frozen). CRT, capillary refill time. Tendency values (0.05>P < 0.06) are shown in bold.