Table 3.
Effect of fish oil supplementation for 120 days on semen characteristics in five male dogs in the control (C, n=5) and fish oil (FO, n=5) groups
| Day 0 | Day 60 | Day 90 | Day 120 | SEM | P value | Time | FO x time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | FO | C | FO | C | FO | C | FO | |||||
| Semen volume (ml) | 1.42 | 1.40 | 1.32 | 1.74 | 1.68 | 1.70 | 1.50 | 1.90 | 0.32 | 0.367 | 0.509 | 0.842 |
| Motile sperm (%) | 88.00 | 90.50 | 90.00 | 93.00 | 88.00 | 93.33 | 89.00 | 92.00 | 3.39 | 0.02 | 0.914 | 0.940 |
| Sperm progressive motility (%) | 86.00 | 83.00 | 89.00 | 89.00 | 86.00 | 91.66 | 85.00 | 92.00 | 4.84 | 0.198 | 0.486 | 0.143 |
| Vigor | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 0.10 | 0.178 | 0.879 | 0.900 |
| Total sperm count (106 ) | 399.80 | 439.60 | 404.90 | 1105.20 | 649.00 | 1212.00 | 511.40 | 1361.00 | 296.45 | <.001 | 0.001 | 0.020 |
| Total sperm viability (10 6 ) | 338.22 | 379.38 | 322.43 | 806.64 | 549.10 | 904.40 | 419.30 | 963.23 | 267.97 | <.001 | 0.017 | 0.076 |
| Sperm viability (%) | 83.60 | 84.60 | 82.00 | 76.00 | 83.00 | 72.13 | 81.00 | 71.40 | 3.31 | 0.03 | 0.030 | 0.458 |
| Total morphologically normal sperm (10 6 ) | 311.94 | 376.72 | 295.00 | 843.25 | 541.67 | 1042.56 | 433.80 | 1099.60 | 234.50 | <.001 | 0.005 | 0.020 |
| Morphologically normal sperm (%) | 79.40 | 84.00 | 73.00 | 78.60 | 83.00 | 87.25 | 81.00 | 81.00 | 3.29 | 0.09 | 0.141 | 0.768 |
C; Receiving only the control diet for 120 days and FO; Receiving 13.8 mg of n-3 from fish oil/kg of metabolic weight for 120 days.