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The objective of this experiment was to test the ability of the fertilization of EGF treated pig oocytes for in vitro maturation. The addition of EGF (10 ng/ml), FSH (10 {mu}textrm{g}/ml), or FBS (10%) on maturation medium of pig immature oocytes divided into four groups as follows; group 1: untreatment, group 2: EGF alone, group 3: combination of FSH and FBS, or group 4: combination of EGF, FSH, and FBS. The interactive effects of nuclear maturation rates (M II%) of EGF alone, FSH plus FBS, and EGF plus FSH added FBS treatments were significantly higher than those of non-treatments (P<0.001). The fertilization rate of EGF alone (group 2) was lower than that of 3, 4 groups, but was significantly higher than group 1 (p< 0.005). Furthermore, combination of EGF, FSH,and FBS (group 4) was higher than others (group 1. 2, 3) on male pronuclei formation as well as penetration of sperm (P<0.05). These results suggested that EGF alone decreased the ability of cytoplasmic maturation compared to nuclear maturation in pig oocytes, but a high level of cytoplasmic maturation of in vitro-matured pig oocytes can be achieved when supplemented with FSH and FBS.
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