Table 1 Mares’ characteristics at embryo collection time
From: Maternal age affects equine day 8 embryo gene expression both in trophoblast and inner cell mass
Characteristics | Young mares (YM) (n = 11) | Old mares (OM) (n = 20) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | With embryo (n = 5) | Total | With embryo (n = 6) | |
Breed | AA n = 9; SF n = 1; SB n = 1 | AA | AA n = 13; SF n = 7 | AA n = 4; SF n = 2 |
Age (in years) | 6.00 ± 0.00 | 6.00 ± 0.00 | 11.95 ± 2.11 | 12.00 ± 2.90 |
Parity (number of foalings) | 1.00 ± 0.00 | 1.00 ± 0.00 | 3.20 ± 1.15 | 3.17 ± 1.47 |
Weight (in kg) | 536.62 ± 44.12 | 524.02 ± 61.39 | 589.35 ± 57.34 | 598.19 ± 76.83 |
BCS (scale 1–5) | 2.16 ± 0.28 | 2.3 ± 0.33 | 2.61 ± 0.32 | 2.5 ± 0.59 |
Withers’ height (in cm) | 157.95 ± 3.74 | 157.40 ± 5.41 | 161.21 ± 4.23 | 162.00 ± 6.16 |