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Table 1.

Effects of different zinc sulphate concentrations (mg/L) on the motility and viability (LS mean ± SEM) of spermatozoa in freshly diluted semen


Parameter	Time	Treatment						SE	P value
Parameter	Time	Control	0.072	0.144	0.288	0.576	1.152		TRT	STG	TRT×STG

Motility	T₀	84.8± 1.5^a^b	84.2± 1.4^a^b	85.0± 1.8^a^b	85.4± 1.2^a	80.7± 1.7^b	75.2± 1.2^c	0.0025	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
	T₁	80.8± 1.3^a^c	81.0± 1.4^a^c	83.5± 1.6^a^b	85.5± 1.1^b	78.2± 1.7^c	71.7± 1.2^d	0.0025
	T₂	77.4± 1.5^a**	78.9± 1.2^b^c**	81.6± 1.4^b	85.7± 1.1^c	72.7± 1.0d***⁺	67.9± 1.2e***⁺	0.0025
Viability	T₀	86.1± 1.2^a^b	86.3± 1.2^a^b	87.3± 1.5^a	87.2± 1.0^a^b	83.5± 1.6^b	77.8± 1.2^c	0.0016	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0220
	T₁	83.8± 1.5^a^b	84.2± 1.2^a	85.6± 1.4^a	86.8± 1.0^a	80.2± 1.6^b	74.0± 1.3^c*	0.0016
	T₂	81.7± 1.1^a^c*	80.2± 1.4^a^c**⁺	83.5± 1.2^a^b	86.3± 0.9^b	78.7± 1.2^c*	71.7± 0.9^d***	0.0016

T₀; 0, T₁; 60, T₂; 120 minutes after diluting semen, a, b, c, d, e ; Signify a significant difference (p<0.05) within the same row, *; Signifies a significant difference (p<0.05) with T₀ values, **; Signifies a significant difference (p<0.01) with T₀ values,***; Signifies a significant difference (p<0.001) with T₀ values, +; Denotes a significant difference (p<0.05) with T₁ values, LS; Least square, TRT; Treatment and STG; Stage.