Effect of Hyaluronan on Developmental Competence and Quality of Oocytes and Obtained Blastocysts from In Vitro Maturation of Bovine Oocytes

Table 3

The effect of HA supplementation on blastocyst quality measured by DNA fragmentation of blastomeres.

Medium	𝑛; blastocysts	Mean number of nuclei per blastocyst ± S.D.	Mean number of apoptotic nuclei per blastocyst ± S.D.	Mean DCI per blastocyst ± S.D.
0.035% HA	20	84.4±33.82^a	9.1±7.64^a	13.91±18.2
0.07% HA	29	86.83±38.95^a	6.45±3.28^a,A	8.89±5.35^C
Control	27	81.67±27.65^a	14.37± 7.15^b,B	20.34±13.5^D

^a,b𝑃<0.05, ^A,B𝑃<0.001, ^C,D𝑃<0.01 ANOVA followed by Tuckey’s post hoc test.
𝑛: number; DCI: death cell index.