Table 3.
Effect of phosphorus and vitamin B12 supplementation in semen extender and day of storage on the velocity of spermatozoa at d 2 and 3.
Parameters | D 2 |
SEM1 | D 3 |
SEM1 | ||||||||||
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Con | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.10 | Con | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.10 | |||
VCL, µm/s | 51.8c | 54.6b | 56.7a | 55.1ab | 54.9ab | 53.8b | 1.4 | 50.3c | 51.7bc | 54.7a | 54.1a | 52.9ab | 53.6ab | 1.4 |
VSL, µm/s | 13.4b | 14.9a | 15.5a | 15.5a | 15.1a | 14.8a | 0.5 | 13.6c | 14.0bc | 15.2a | 14.5ab | 14.4abc | 14.0bc | 0.5 |
VAP, µm/s | 23.4b | 25.7a | 26.5a | 26.0a | 25.6a | 25.4a | 0.8 | 23.4c | 24.0bc | 25.8a | 25.1ab | 24.7ab | 24.5bc | 0.8 |
LIN, % | 27.2b | 28.7a | 28.9a | 29.5a | 28.6a | 28.9a | 0.5 | 28.3 | 28.4 | 29.3 | 28.7 | 28.6 | 28.9 | 0.5 |
STR, % | 52.0b | 53.7a | 54.0a | 54.6a | 53.8a | 53.4a | 0.5 | 53.0 | 53.0 | 53.9 | 53.5 | 53.4 | 53.8 | 0.5 |
WOB, % | 45.8b | 47.8a | 47.7a | 48.0a | 47.1a | 48.0a | 0.5 | 47.0ab | 47.1ab | 48.1a | 47.5ab | 47.3ab | 46.7b | 0.5 |
ALH, µm | 3.42b | 3.61a | 3.69a | 3.61a | 3.58a | 3.57a | 0.08 | 3.35b | 3.38b | 3.59a | 3.56a | 3.49ab | 3.53a | 0.08 |
BCF, beats/s | 4.81b | 5.03ab | 5.17a | 5.03ab | 5.11a | 4.95ab | 0.16 | 4.76c | 5.01ab | 5.17a | 4.96ac | 5.00ab | 4.89bc | 0.16 |
HPA, % | 1.18b | 1.49b | 1.99a | 1.59a | 1.68a | 1.47ab | 0.23 | 0.98b | 1.19b | 1.47ab | 1.60a | 1.45ab | 1.42ab | 0.23 |
Different superscript letters within rows indicate significant difference (P < 0.05).
Maximum standard error of the mean (SEM).