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. 2019 Apr 16;10:344. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00344

Table 3.

Sperm morphology analysis results from daily semen collection.

Sperm Characteristic Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6
Normal, % 40.5 31.3 35 33 36 34.9
Abnormally thickened midpiece, % 19.8 19.5 10.8 20.5 20.7 18.7
Detached head, % 6.6 15.2 16 10.2 13.7 9.7
Abnormally thick tail, % 0.82 0 0 0 0 0
Severely coiled tail, % 9.9 9.3 5.4 4.2 4.3 4
Abnormally long, skinny head, % 1.6 5.1 0 0 2.5 2.4
Short fat head, % 2.5 1.7 0 1.7 3.4 1.6
Bent midpiece, % 0 3.4 8.1 0 0.86 0
Severely bent midpiece, % 2.5 3.4 10.8 5.1 5.17 10.5
Microcephalia, % 9 2.5 5.4 4.2 6.8 7.3
Pyriform head, % 0.8 2.5 2.7 1.7 0.9 0.2
Broken midpiece, % 1.6 0.8 0 2.6 0 2.4
Nuclear vacuoles, % 3.3 3.3 5.4 13.7 5.19 4
Severely bent tail, % 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Bent tail, % 0 0 0 0.8 0.86 0
Bent neck, % 0.8 1.7 0 0.8 1.7 0
Broken Neck, % 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Total sperm counted 121 118 37 117 116 123