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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 8.
Published in final edited form as: Cryobiology. 2008 Oct 21;58(1):20–27. doi: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2008.09.014

Table 1.

Basic characteristics of ejaculated semen of the nine males used in this study.

Male number Age (yr) Weight (kg) No. of ejaculate Volume per ejaculate (μL) Sperm density (×108/mL) Motility before and after washing (%)
Before After
1 18 13.4 1 1200 9.2 90 80
2 17 11.5 1 650 2.4 70 80
3 16 13.7 3 497 ± 145 5.7 ± 2.1 85 ± 5 85 ± 9
4 15 13.8 2 500, 800 18.2, 3.4 95, 90 99, 90
5 13 12.2 2 400, 20 22.0, 30.6 90, 70 90, 90
6 12 11.1 4 338 ± 442 41.4 ± 21.1 71 ± 21 85 ± 10
7 11 12.1 4 675 ± 119 7.3 ± 4.2 73 ± 15 93 ± 3
8 10 12.2 4 370 ± 184 11.2 ± 2.9 73 ± 10 88 ± 5
9 6 13.7 4 105 ± 42 27.0 ± 8.1 45 ± 17 90 ± 0

Values presented were mean ± SD. For males with two ejaculates, numbers separated by a comma indicate values for the first and second ejaculate, respectively.