Fig. 2

Histological picture to determine healthy primordial follicles. Formalin-fixed paraffin–embedded goat ovarian tissues were stained for HE (a, c, e, g) and TUNEL (b, d, f, h). Examination of HE observed both healthy primordial follicle cells (yellow arrows) and damaged primordial follicle cells with damage of membrane integrity or pyknotic cells (green arrows). In TUNEL staining, brown color primordial follicle cells show DNA fragmentation (white arrow). The proportion of primordial follicles in the fresh group was significantly higher compared to the vitrification group and vitrification and transplanted group (p < 0.05)