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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Theriogenology. 2008 Apr 22;70(1):61–69. doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.02.008

Table 1.

Mean (± SD) basic characteristics of ejaculated semen of the 10 rhesus monkey males used.

Male number Age(yr) Weight(kg) No. ejaculates Volume per ejaculate (μL) Sperm density(× 108/mL) Initial motility(%)
1 18 13.6 3 123 ± 117 27.2 ± 11.6 53 ± 38
2 16 13.7 4 284 ± 97 11.0 ± 2.6 60 ± 28
3 15 13.8 6 248 ± 133 24.4 ± 11.4 93 ± 3
4 15 12.6 5 234 ± 103 20.6 ± 9.2 90 ± 6
5 15 12.6 2 200 ± 0 91.0 ± 0.0 60 ± 0
6 13 9.8 2 235 ± 21 6.4 ± 2.6 45 ± 21
7 12 11.1 5 56 ± 29 53.7 ± 10.4 93 ± 3
8 11 12.1 6 553 ± 97 10.2 ± 2.5 68 ± 23
9 10 12.2 5 403 ± 182 11.6 ± 4.8 86 ± 10
10 6 13.7 5 142 ± 130 26.0 ± 16.7 85 ± 15