Table 5. Effect of different types (palm-stearic vs. linseed oil) and amounts (3% and 6%, before and after insemination, respectively) of fat supplemented diet on the ovarian response following estrous synchronization of ewes with vaginal sponge+eCG

Time of experiment	Classes of the follicles	Experimental groups			SE	p-value
		Control	LO	SFA
Day −21 (diet challenges)	Small (< 3 mm)	1.3	1.4	1.2	0.367	0.76
	Medium (3–4 mm)	1.4	1.3	1.5	0.492	0.88
	Large > 4 mm	1.8	2.1	2.2	0.523	0.80
Total		4.5	4.8	4.9
Day −14 (vaginal sponge insertion)	Small (< 3 mm)	1	0.5	0.3	0.367	0.060
	Medium (3–4 mm)	1.3	1.1	1.6	0.492	0.54
	Large > 4 mm	2.1	2.1	2.5	0.523	0.82
Total		4.4	3.7	4.4
Day −2 (sponge removal and eCG injection)	Small (< 3 mm)	0.9 (2.81)	0.6 (2.60)	1 (2.45)	0.367	0.58
	Medium (3–4 mm)	1.9 (3.16)	1.7 (3.18)	1.9 (3.48)	0.492	0.89
	Large > 4 mm	2.2 (5.05)	2.0 (4.87)	1.6 (4.92)	0.523	0.25
Total		5.0	4.3	4.5
Day 0 (laparoscopic insemination)	Small (< 3 mm)	1.6	1.5	1.8	0.367	0.72
	Medium (3–4 mm)	1.9	1.2	1.4	0.492	0.31
	Large > 4 mm	2.4	1.7	2.0	0.523	0.18
Total		5.9	4.4	5.2
Day +10 of experiment	mean number of corpora lutea	2.5	2.0	2.2	0.613	0.49

LO, linseed oil; SFA, saturated fatty acid; eCG, equine chorionic gonadotropin.