Table 2. Quantitative SEM analysis of sperm cell morphological characteristics across the 3 months of the third reproductive season (mean ± SD).
| Normal sperm % |
Head defect % |
Tail defect % |
Cytoplasmic droplets % |
Multiple % |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 79.3 ± 3.8 | 8.4 ± 1.2 | 3.9 ± 1.5 | 2.5 ± 0.3 | 5.9 ± 1.2 |
| April | 82.3 ± 2.1 | 7.7 ± 0.8 | 3.2 ± 0.9 | 1.8 ± 0.1 | 5.0 ± 1.0 |
| May | 80.0 ± 1.0 | 8.2 ± 1.1 | 3.6 ± 1.0 | 2.4 ± 0.2 | 5.8 ± 1.1 |
| Total | 80.5 ± 3.5 | 8.1 ± 1.0 | 3.6 ± 0.5 | 2.2 ± 0.2 | 5.6 ± 0.3 |