. 2017 Jun 20;10(6):672–678. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2017.672-678

Table-3.

Effect of different concentrations of SL and VCO in Tris-based extender on bull’s post thawed sperm parameters after 7 and 14 days (mean±SEM).

Treatments	Parameters

VCO% SL%	Time of freezing (days)	Motility %	Morphology %	Viability %	Membrane integrity %	Acrosome integrity %
C−	7	3.17±1.22^b	98.25±0.29	9.29±1.36^c	2.83±1.03^b	63.88±1.41^b
TA	7	13.92±4.48^b	97.17±0.69	28.83±5.96^b	12.88±4.07^b	69.54±1.40^b
TB	7	13.92±4.51^b	97.54±0.39	29.54±5.59^b	12.71±4.18^b	68.63±2.02^b
TC	7	10.00±4.01^b	97.96±0.50	23.83±6.27^b	8.92±3.67^b	67.88±2.03^b
TD	7	9.33±3.04^b	97.92±0.46	22.54±5.35^bc	7.88±2.58^b	63.08±5.86^b
C+	7	51.17±2.85^a	98.29±0.32	56.04±1.98^a	50.25±2.71^a	85.63±1.32^a
C−	14	2.67±0.98^c	98.50±0.28	8.42±0.82^c	2.46±0.82^b	65.58±1.56^b
TA	14	13.25±4.14^b	97.78±0.52	28.46±5.60^b	12.00±3.71^b	68.63±2.02^b
TB	14	12.50±4.24^bc	98.00±0.32	27.71±5.09^b	11.92±3.98^b	67.83±2.35^b
TC	14	9.00±3.86^bc	97.96±0.50	21.88±5.96^b	8.33±3.48^b	68.21±2.24^b
TD	14	8.67±2.87^bc	98.08±0.39	19.17±4.69^bc	9.79±4.37^b	67.75±1.62^b
C+	14	50.33±2.79^a	98.46±0.26	55.79±2.27^a	50.17±2.63^a	84.46±1.08^a
p value	Treatments	0.0001	0.2600	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001
	Time	0.6716	0.1617	0.5932	0.9449	0.6590
	Treatments*Time	1.0000	0.9880	0.9995	0.9984	0.8226

^a,b,c

Values with different superscripts within column at the same time show a significant difference at p<0.05. VCO=Virgin coconut oil, SL=Soybean lecithin, C−=0% SL with 2% VCO in Tris-based extender, TA=1% SL with 2% VCO in Tris-based extender, TB=1.25% SL with 2% VCO in Tris-based extender, TC=1.5% SL with 2% VCO in Tris-based extender, TD=1.75% SL with 2% VCO in Tris-based extender, C+=20% egg yolk in Tris-based extender, SEM=Standard error of mean