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. 2013 Mar 5;3(1):21–35.

Table 5a.

Percentage of spermatozoa belong to different categories highlighted by triple staining technique.

 
Short-term extender
Category Days MR-A 3 Androstar Mr Pig Sire ZM Modena 1 BTS
Living and undamaged spermatozoa with high membrane potential 0 89.00± 5.57a 88.00±8.19a 88.67±2.52a 88.00±2.00a 88.33±2.52a 89.67±4.04a
2 63.67± 1.53a 67.67±3.51a 65.00±3.61a 39.67±6.03b 50.33±1.53c 67.33±4.93c
4 43.67± 1.53a 34.00±1.00b 40.33±3.21c 15.33±2.52d 20.67±3.79e 58.33±3.06f
6 20.33± 4.04a 20.67±1.53a 19.67±3.79a 1.67±0.58b 15.33±2.31c 52.67±3.51d
Living spermatozoa with high membrane potential but acrosome reaction 0 1.00±0.00a 0.33±0.58a 0.00±0.00b 1.00±0.00a 0.67±0.58c 1.33±0.58d
2 0.33±0.58a 0.33±0.58a 0.00±0.00b 0.33±0.58a 0.00±0.00b 0.00±0.00b
4 1.00±1.00a 0.33±0.58b 0.00±0.00c 0.00±0.00c 0.00±0.00c 1.00±1.00a
6 0.67±0.58a 0.33±0.58b 0.00±0.00c 0.33±0.58a 0.00±0.00c 0.33±0.58a
Living and undamaged spermatozoa with low membrane potential 0 0.00±0.00a 0.00±0.00a 0.00±0.00a 0.00±0.00a 0.00±0.00a 0.00±0.00a
2 0.00±0.00a 0.00±0.00a 0.67±0.58b 0.67±0.58b 1.00±1.00b 0.00±0.00a
4 3.00±2.65a 0.00±0.00b 3.33±2.08a 1.33±0.58c 1.33±1.15c 1.67±0.58c
6 2.67±1.15a 0.00±0.00b 1.33±0.58c 1.00±1.00c 1.67±0.58c 1.00±1.00c
Destabilized spermatozoa with high membrane potential 0 5.33±1.53ac 6.33±2.52a 6.67±2.08a 1.33±1.53b 4.33±1.53ac 3.33±1.53c
2 15.33±1.53a 14.33±0.58a 7.67±3.21b 16.67±2.08a 9.00±2.65b 9.33±3.51b
4 14.33±2.08a 13.33±1.15ab 11.00±2.65b 14.67±2.31a 16.33±1.53a 8.00±3.00c
6 15.67±1.53a 14.00±3.00a 17.00±1.73a 14.00±2.65a 16.33±1.53a 9.00±4.00b
Destabilized spermatozoa with high membrane potential and acrosome reaction 0 1.33±0.58a 2.33±1.15b 2.00±1.00b 4.33±2.08c 2.33±1.53b 1.67±0.58ab
2 7.00±2.00a 8.67±1.15a 6.67±0.58a 13.00±1.73b 4.33±2.52c 4.67±2.08c
4 11.33±2.08a 10.67±1.53a 10.00±3.46a 14.33±2.52b 7.67±0.58c 7.00±2.00c
6 14.00±2.65a 5.33±1.53b 11.33±1.53c 9.00±2.65c 8.00±2.00d 4.00±1.73b

a,f Means (± SE) within a line not sharing a common superscript differ (P < 0.05).