Table 1 Ovum pick-up and embryo development following in vitro maturation and ICSI

From: Embryos and embryonic stem cells from the white rhinoceros

Date

Donor

No. follicles

No. oocytes

Recovery rate%

Injected (Metaph. II)

Cleaved

Blastocyst

Bull

     

(%)

(%)

  

29/07/15

fNWRa

5

4

80.00

2

0

0

mSWR1

13/10/15

fSWR1

11

4

36.36

0

0

0

mSWR1

07/01/16

fSWR2

18

2

11.11

1

0

0

mSWR1

23/02/16

fSWR31

19

3

15.79

0

0

0

mSWR1

09/05/16

fSWR4

18

5

27.78

1

1

0

mSWR1

11/05/16

fSWR51

33

3

9.09

1

0

0

mSWR1

27/09/16

fSWR6

14

3

21.43

2

1

0

mSWR1

27/09/16

fSWR7

15

6

40.00

4

0

0

mSWR1

18/10/16

fSWR32

20

4

20.00

2

0

0

mSWR1

07/11/16

fSWR81

10

5

50.00

2

0

0

mSWR1

20/02/17

fSWR52

37

7

18.92

2

2

2

mSWR1

27/03/17

fSWR4

22

6

27.27

2

2

1

mSWR1

09/04/17

fSWR82

26

3

11.54

2

2

1

mNWR2

12/06/17

fSWR53

20

8

40.00

1

0

0

mNWR1

17/07/17

fSWR9

15

8

53.33

5

0

0

mNWR2

18/07/17

fSWR10

6

1

16.67

1

0

0

mNWR1

18/07/17

fSWR11

1

0

0.00

0

0

0

/

28/08/17

fSWR54

24

11

45.83

4

4

3

mNWR2

 

Totals

314

83

26.43

32

12

7

 
     

38.55

14.46

8.43

 
  1. Superscripts indicate the number of repeated OPU on the same donor
  2. a Oocytes were harvested from the ovaries after the natural death of the animal being the only NWR female used