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This study aimed to scrutinize the effects of SCF treatment during <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> culture (IVC) on both the developmental potential and the efficiency of establishing embryonic stem cells (ESCs) from fertilized and cloned porcine embryos. The rates of cleavage and blastocyst formation exhibited no significant differences between fertilized and cloned embryos, even with the addition of SCF. However, it\u2019s worth noting that embryos cloned with Cloud eGFP as donor cells demonstrated notably increased rates of hatched blastocysts when treated with SCF, and this increase was statistically significant (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). Furthermore, following the complete dissection of the blastocysts, although there was no significant difference in the SCF-treated group, the area of expansion was significantly reduced (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01) in the group treated with the antagonistic blocker (ACK2) compared to both the control and SCF-treated groups. These outcomes suggest that the SCF\/c-kit signaling pathway might play a pivotal role in embryo implantation. As anticipated, the efficiency of deriving ESCs was significantly higher (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01) in the group subjected to SCF treatment (12.82\u2009\u00b1\u20091.02%) compared to the control group (5.41\u2009\u00b1\u20092.25%). 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