pISSN: 2671-4639
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Effect of the number of cloned embryos transferred on pig cloning efficiency
Range of the number of embryos transferred | No. of recipients used | No. of embryos transferred (Mean No./recipient) | No. of recipients pregnant (%) | No. of recipients farrowed (%) | No. of cloned piglets born (%) |
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100–150 | 30 | 3,537 (117.9) | 3 (10.0)b | 2 (6.7) | 8 (0.22) |
151–200 | 29 | 5,069 (174.8) | 11 (37.9)a | 6 (20.7) | 16 (0.32) |
201–300 | 24 | 5,895 (245.6) | 7 (29.2)a | 6 (25.0) | 25 (0.42) |
a,bValues in the same column with different superscripts differ significantly (