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Table 1 Percentage of embryos that reached the blastocyst stage that were classified as early blastocysts (EB), mid blastocyst (MB), expanded blastocyst (ExB), or hatched blastocyst (HB) at 168 h post-insemination.

From: Tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibits in vitro bovine embryo development through a prostaglandin mediated mechanism

Treatment

EB

MB

ExB

HB

Control n = 4 replicates, 120 embryos

64.3 ± 3.2%

26.2 ± 2.2%

9.5 ± 0.6%

0

25 ng/mL TNFα n = 4 replicates, 130 embryos

68.8 ± 3.4%

31.2 ± 2.4%

0

0

25 ng/mL TNFα plus 1 μg/mL Indomethacin n = 4 replicates, 130 embryos

40.3 ± 2.5%

43.6 ± 2.5%

16.1 ± 1.4%

0