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. 2023 May 17;16(5):1075–1083. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2023.1075-1083

Table-2.

Velocity of spermatozoa (VCL, VSL, and VAP) liquid semen with various diluent formulas.

VCL Days of cold storage

0 1 2 3 4 5
 T1 74.6 ± 6.7abc 62.6 ± 15.3b 42.5 ± 14.0ab 40.4 ± 18.1bc 24.1 ± 7.3ab 22.4 ± 9.6b
 T2 76.3 ± 6.5abcd 70.6 ± 9.6bc 58 ± 10.9cd 53.8 ± 12.6de 44.5 ± 8.7d 33.6 ± 11.4cd
 T3 81.7 ± 10.0cd 76.7 ± 7.9cd 68.2 ± 6.8def 59.5 ± 12.7e 50 ± 16.5de 51 ± 9.7ef
 T4 82.5 ± 9.9d 79.9 ± 7.3d 75.3 ± 9.4f 70.5 ± 9.2f 60.2 ± 11.9ef 55.3 ± 12.0f
 T5 76.3 ± 7.7abcd 83 ± 8.4d 69.7 ± 17.9ef 72.6 ± 10.1f 66 ± 10.6f 58.6 ± 12.4f
 T6 74.1 ± 1.8ab 52.4 ± 6.4a 33.6 ± 15.1a 24.5 ± 14.7a 19.3 ± 11.9a 8.6 ± 6.6a
 T7 76 ± 6.1abcd 63.3 ± 8.1b 49.4 ± 7.1bc 36.7 ± 14.1b 25.7 ± 9.7ab 19.1 ± 12.1b
 T8 76.1 ± 5.5abcd 65.7 ± 3.8b 53.6 ± 5.7c 42.9 ± 9.0bcd 31.6 ± 10.4bc 28.7 ± 8.1b
 T9 72.5 ± 6.3a 67.4 ± 6.6b 54.4 ± 9.9c 54.4 ± 6.0de 40.3 ± 13.1cd 33.1 ± 8.8cd
 T10 72.4 ± 6.5a 67.9 ± 6.9b 60.2 ± 5.8cde 51 ± 7.0cde 43.9 ± 11.3d 42.3 ± 10.7de
 T11 80.9 ± 4.2bcd 90.9 ± 8.1e 77.8 ± 10.4f 72.5 ± 9.0f 67 ± 7.3f 57.6 ± 5.0f
VSL
 T1 37.9 ± 7.1abc 26.3 ± 6.4ab 17.9 ± 8.2ab 13.6 ± 7.7ab 8.9 ± 4.3ab 6.6 ± 3.8ab
 T2 35.2 ± 6.5ab 27.9 ± 3.7abc 22.6 ± 5.5bc 19.8 ± 4.5cd 14.8 ± 3.6cde 11.7 ± 5.1bcd
 T3 34.2 ± 5.0ab 28.6 ± 7.3abc 25.9 ± 3.3cd 20.3 ± 2.6cd 14.7 ± 4.2cde 14.6 ± 2.7cd
 T4 34.1 ± 5.2ab 27.6 ± 4.9abc 24.9 ± 2.6c 21.1 ± 2.8cd 18 ± 1.5def 16.1 ± 2.3cde
 T5 31.5 ± 4.1a 27.1 ± 3.9abc 22.5 ± 1.8bc 21 ± 2.1cd 18.9 ± 1.7ef 16.9 ± 2.8de
 T6 41.6 ± 5.6bcd 25.6 ± 5.6a 15.1 ± 7.8a 9.8 ± 7.2a 6 ± 5.4a 3.4 ± 3.0a
 T7 47.6 ± 7.4d 32.2 ± 6.3cd 24 ± 5.7c 17.3 ± 9.6bc 10 ± 4.9abc 6.6 ± 7.1ab
 T8 47.6 ± 9.6d 31.5 ± 5.1bcd 27.4 ± 4.7cd 20.6 ± 6.9cd 13.2 ± 6.3bcd 11.2 ± 5.0bc
 T9 41.9 ± 9.4bcd 34.9 ± 6.4d 26.4 ± 5.8cd 27.8 ± 3.4e 19.6 ± 7.4ef 14.1 ± 7.0cd
 T10 43.3 ± 10.9cd 32.5 ± 5.7cd 30.9 ± 5.6d 25.7 ± 5.5de 20.7 ± 6.1fg 21.2 ± 7.2e
 T11 41.9 ± 11.3bcd 25.5 ± 2.4a 26.2 ± 4.1cd 24.5 ± 2.5de 25 ± 3.0g 21 ± 2.5e
VAP
 T1 51.8 ± 5.8a 40.1 ± 8.3ab 28.8 ± 12.3b 23.4 ± 12.3b 14 ± 7.1ab 11.7 ± 7.0abc
 T2 52.6 ± 5.1a 47 ± 6.0cd 38.2 ± 8.5cde 35.3 ± 9.1cde 28.6 ± 7.2d 20.4 ± 8.0d
 T3 53.9 ± 6.9ab 48.6 ± 7.7cd 45.2 ± 5.4ef 37.5 ± 7.3de 29.7 ± 10.5d 32.4 ± 8.9ef
 T4 54.4 ± 7.7ab 48 ± 6.5cd 46.6 ± 6.0f 42.1 ± 3.8e 37.1 ± 5.4e 33.3 ± 6.8ef
 T5 49 ± 3.5a 48.3 ± 4.6cd 43.2 ± 5.4def 42.7 ± 4.6e 39.1 ± 4.7e 34.5 ± 6.3ef
 T6 55.8 ± 4.6ab 35.5 ± 6.4a 21.5 ± 10.5a 14.7 ± 10.1a 10.5 ± 6.1a 4.9 ± 3.8a
 T7 60.5 ± 7.0b 42.5 ± 6.9bc 34 ± 6.0bc 23.4 ± 11.4b 14.1 ± 6.1ab 11.2 ± 10.1ab
 T8 60.4 ± 9.3b 42.2 ± 5.1bc 36.2 ± 4.9cd 27.8 ± 8.7bc 18.5 ± 8.1bc 15.7 ± 6.3bcd
 T9 55.1 ± 8.2ab 45.2 ± 7.0bcd 35.2 ± 7.1bc 36.6 ± 4.6de 25.3 ± 9.3cd 19.2 ± 6.7cd
 T10 56.1 ± 10.4ab 43.9 ± 4.5bc 40 ± 5.6cdef 33 ± 5.8cd 27.7 ± 7.9d 27.7 ± 8.4e
 T11 61.1 ± 8.6b 50.7 ± 4.0d 47 ± 3.3f 42.9 ± 4.2e 41.9 ± 5.4e 38 ± 4.0f

Different letter notations in the same column indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05). VCL=Velocity curve linear, VSL=Velocity straight linear, VAP=Velocity average pathway