Table 1. Characteristics of the fresh semen collected individually from capercaillie and further subjected to freezing (means ± SD).
| Male’s number | No of obtained ejaculates | Semen volume [µL] | Sperm concentration [n x106mL-l] | Morphological forms of sperm [%] | SQF *) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live in total | Live normal | Bulb head | Bent neck | Midpiece deformations | Spermatids | Other deformations | |||||
| 51 | 12 | 102.0 c ±26.0 | 884.6 ab ±412.2 | 95.3±2.9 | 58.7 b ±12.6 | 21.9±10.3 | 2.5 b ±0.8 | 9.9 b ±5.8 | 0.5 b ±0.4 | 1.7 b ±1.4 | 52.2 ab ±42.6 |
| 58 | 9 | 205.0 a ±41.0 | 371.4 cd ±205.4 | 95.0±2.7 | 61.2 ab ±10.2 | 20.2±5.5 | 3.5 b ±1.8 | 4.6 c ±1.3 | 0.0 b ±0.0 | 5.5 a ±2.8 | 42.8 ab ±22.8 |
| 9 | 8 | 49.0 d ±25.0 | 1257.1 a ±750.6 | 96.5±2.5 | 59.4 b ±11.6 | 22.4±12.3 | 2.4 b ±1.3 | 10.1 b ±3.2 | 0.6 b ±0.5 | 1.6 b ±1.0 | 32.0 b ±17.2 |
| 49 | 11 | 136.4 b ±49.0 | 619.1 bc ±306.5 | 95.1±4.2 | 70.3 a ±11.0 | 19.1±9.5 | 1.9 b ±1.4 | 3.0 c ±1.1 | 0.0 b ±0.0 | 0.6 b ±0.3 | 61.0 a ±37.4 |
| 67 | 8 | 65.7 d ±24.0 | 604.3 bc ±307.5 | 95.0±2.6 | 68.8 ab ±13.2 | 17.6±11.0 | 2.7 b ±0.7 | 4.6 c ±2.1 | 0.2 b ±0.1 | 1.2 b ±0.7 | 31.7 b ±18.5 |
| 72 | 12 | 73.0 cd ±22.0 | 452.0 cd ±220.8 | 95.3±2.0 | 39.2 c ±9.8 | 17.4±6.9 | 10.6 a ±2.3 | 18.8 a ±3.6 | 1.3 a ±0.6 | 7.9 a ±4.0 | 13.6 c ±7.4 |
| 79 | 9 | 75.0 cd ±31.0 | 178.8 d ±69.2 | 94.3±4.1 | 58.8 b ±8.4 | 23.8±10.0 | 5.2 a ±2.7 | 5.6 c ±2.2 | 0.4 b ±0.2 | 0.6 b ±0.2 | 7.0 c ±3.4 |
| Total/Average | 69 | 102.1±56.9 | 632.5±518.9 | 94.6±5.5 | 58.7±15.0 | 20.0±9.4 | 4.3±3.4 | 8.1±6.2 | 0.5±0.7 | 2.7±3.7 | 35.7±29.4 |
*) SQF = Sperm Quality Factor—sperm concentration [n x106 mL-1] x ejaculate volume [mL] x live normal sperm [%] / 100%;
a,b,c,d—means in columns followed by different superscripts differ significantly (P<0.05).