From: Induction of cervical dilation for transcervical embryo transfer in ewes
Variable/Group | Penetrated (n = 7) | Non-penetrated (n = 15) | ||||||
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Treatment (n = 6) | Control (n = 1) | Treatment (n = 5) | Control (n = 10) | |||||
12-h (n = 2) | 24-h (n = 4) | 12-h (n = 1) | 24-h (n = 0) | 12-h (n = 3) | 24-h (n = 2) | 12-h (n = 5) | 24-h (n = 5) | |
Age (days) | 1524 ± 155 | 1391 ± 88 | ||||||
Weight (kg) | 80.6 ± 3.1 | 80.0 ± 2.9 | ||||||
Breed (% Rideau Arcott) | 58.1 ± 8.7 | 63.8 ± 4.1 | ||||||
Parity | 2.3 ± 0.5 | 2.1 ± 0.3 | ||||||
Lifetime lamb production | 5.0 ± 1.2 | 4.2 ± 0.7 | ||||||
Post-partum interval (d) | 261 ± 20 | 354 ± 70 | ||||||
E 2 – 24 h prior (pg/ml) | 2.0 ± 0.4 | 2.0 ± 0.2† | ||||||
E 2 – 12 h prior (pg/ml) | 1.6 ± 0.2 | 2.1 ± 0.3 | ||||||
E 2 – TCET (pg/ml) | 1.6 ± 0.3 | 1.7 ± 0.2† | ||||||
P 4 – 24 h prior (ng/ml) | 2.8 ± 0.4§ | 3.0 ± 0.3§‡ | ||||||
P 4 – 12 h prior (ng/ml) | 3.3 ± 0.4 | 3.9 ± 0.3§ | ||||||
P 4 – TCET (ng/ml) | 3.8 ± 0.5§ | 3.8 ± 0.3‡ | ||||||
E 2 : P 4 – 24 h prior | 0.9 ± 0.3† | 0.8 ± 0.1• | ||||||
E 2 : P 4 – 12 h prior | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 0.6 ± 0.1 | ||||||
E 2 : P 4 – TCET | 0.5 ± 0.09† | 0.5 ± 0.1• |