Epididymis

Ejaculate

Cleavage (%, mean ± SEM)

1042/1864

(56.02 ± 1.96)a

1129/1889

(60.11 ± 3.65)b

Blastocyst formation (%, mean ± SEM)

265/1864

(14.31 ± 2.11)a

321/1889

(17.23 ± 2.66)b

Hatching blastocyst (%, mean ± SEM)

42/1864

(2.34 ± 1.68)a

71/1889

(3.78b ± 2.42)b

Average number of cells/blastocyst

50.02 ± 2.89

50.18 ± 2.97