Table 6 Mean ± SD percentage of spermatozoa with proximal cytoplasmic droplets (PCDs), number of oocytes, cleavage, blastocyst formation (BL) and hatched blastocyst per cleavage rate (HBL/CV) for bulls C1, C2 and C3 from group 1 (control) and for bulls P1 and P2 with increased PCD (group 2)

C1

0.0

201

71.5 ± 13.8 ª

37.4 ± 15.2 ª

18.0 ± 9.7 ^a

C2

0.0

138

57.0 ± 18.2 ^ab

19.8 ± 8.2 ^b

2.5 ± 3.6 ^b

C3

0.0

219

59.4 ± 13.5 ^ab

39.5 ± 16.1 ª

16.5 ± 7.9 ^a

P1

28.5

210

72.0 ± 17.3 ª

39.6 ± 11.3 ª

16.1 ± 11.1 ^a

P2

40.5

295

50.2 ± 21.8 ^b

21.3 ± 10.8 ^b

2.7 ± 3.5 ^b