Table 3.
Percentage of total motility, viability, lipid peroxidation (MDA), and pH of semen diluted with extender supplementing different levels of AV gel and stored for 72 h at 5 °C.
Time of Storage (h) | Treatments | SEM | |||||||
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Control | 0.25% | 0.50% | 1.0% | 2.5% | 5.0% | 10% | 20% | ||
Sperm motility | |||||||||
T0 | 85.67 cw | 89.37 bw | 94.83 aw | 95.88 aw | 82.21 dw | 78.54 ew | 72.17 fw | 65.88 gw | 0.70 |
T24 | 80.54 dx | 88.75 ax | 83.21 cx | 85.54 bx | 74.97 ex | 74.43 ex | 69.75 fx | 55.63 gw | |
T48 | 71.60 cy | 74.24 by | 75.62 by | 79.00 ay | 72.54 cy | 70.67 dy | 62.29 ey | 42.62 fy | |
T72 | 65.62 dz | 71.79 cz | 74.42 bz | 77.88 az | 61.92 ez | 57.87 fz | 51.13 gz | 32.54 hz | |
Sperm viability | |||||||||
T0 | 92.46 cw | 95.67 bw | 96.2 bw | 98.83 aw | 91.33 cw | 82.96 dw | 74.04 ew | 72.33 fw | 0.53 |
T24 | 85.21 cx | 90.67 bx | 92.42 bx | 95.50 ax | 81.42 dx | 77.83 ex | 77.63 ex | 62.54 fx | |
T48 | 74.68 cy | 77.29 by | 79.17 ay | 80.67 ay | 74.08 cy | 72.63 dy | 63.92 ey | 45.75 fy | |
T72 | 71.88 cz | 75.33 bz | 75.97 bz | 79.17 az | 74.88 bz | 62.46 dz | 55.04 ez | 34.13 fz | |
MDA | |||||||||
T0 | 1.09 dz | 0.68 ez | 0.59 gz | 0.54 hz | 0.62 fz | 1.15 cz | 1.24 bz | 1.35 az | 0.02 |
T24 | 2.14 dy | 1.09 fy | 1.09 fy | 1.09 fy | 2.07 ey | 3.33 cy | 3.56 by | 3.79 ay | |
T48 | 4.23 cx | 3.09 ex | 3.06 ex | 3.04 ex | 4.06 dx | 5.57 bx | 5.90 ax | 5.92 ax | |
T72 | 5.73 dw | 5.49 ew | 5.35 fw | 5.26 gw | 5.34 fw | 5.94 cw | 7.33 bw | 7.66 aw | |
pH | |||||||||
T0 | 7.00 aw | 7.00 aw | 7.00 aw | 7.00 aw | 6.99 abw | 6.99 abw | 6.98 abw | 6.98 abw | 0.04 |
T24 | 6.99 abx | 6.99 abx | 6.99 abx | 6.99 abx | 6.95 cx | 6.89 dx | 6.84 ex | 6.82 efx | |
T48 | 6.94 ay | 6.94 ay | 6.93 aby | 6.93 aby | 6.88 ey | 6.81 fy | 6.74 hy | 6.73 hy | |
T72 | 6.91 az | 6.90 abz | 6.90 abz | 6.90 abz | 6.84 dx | 6.72 fz | 6.63 hz | 6.61 hz |
SEM, standard error of the means. a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h (different letters within a row) and w, x, y, z (different letters within a column) indicate the interaction between treatment effects and time to storage effect significant differences (p < 0.05).