Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Table 3 The sex of the total number and (intact number) of conceptuses recovered on day 13 post-estrus shown by individual phase and maternal diet (Control vs. Fat)

From: Nutritional skewing of conceptus sex in sheep: effects of a maternal diet enriched in rumen-protected polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)

			Ewes		Conceptus Sex
Phase	Ewe group	Maternal diet	Bred	Pregnant	Female	Male	Male ratio
1	A	Control	21	13 (12)	13 (11)	8 (8)	0.38
1	B	Fat	22	20 (17) ^†	14 (9)	20 (15)	0.58
2	A	Fat	21	19 (14)	12 (9)	26 (14)	0.68*
2	B	Fat	20	18 (13)	7 (7)	29 (14)	0.81**
		Control	21	13 (12)	13 (11)	8 (8)	0.38
Combined		Fat	63	57 (44)	33 (25)	75 (43)	0.69**

The number of ewes in parentheses identifies the number from which intact conceptuses were recovered.
^†Conceptuses recovered from one ewe were dropped at surgery and unable to be sexed. Male ratio with superscripts are different from the expected 0.50 ratio * (P < 0.05), ** (P < 0.001).

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