Table 1.
Mean (of three ejaculates) semen characteristics in adult dogs
| Dog | Volume (mL) | Motility (%) | Vigor (0–5) | Sperm concentration (×106) | Sperm morphology |
Hypoosmotic swelling test (%) | Fluorescence (% intact) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal (%) | Major defect (%) | Minor defect (%) | |||||||
| 1 | 5.6 | 93.3 | 4.7 | 292.3 | 82.8 | 4.9 | 12.4 | 75.7 | 96.3 |
| 2 | 3.5 | 70.0 | 4.0 | 345.7 | 82.3 | 3.8 | 13.8 | 68.3 | 87.7 |
| 3 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36.7 | 6.0 | 83.3 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 88.3 | 3.7 | 314.9 | 89.0 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 84.3 | 78.3 |
| 5 | 2.2 | 83.3 | 3.7 | 480.3 | 87.3 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 83.0 | 83.0 |
| 6 | 1.7 | 60.0 | 2.7 | 231.1 | 72.7 | 21.2 | 6.2 | 76.7 | 83.3 |
| 7 | 2.0 | 73.3 | 3.3 | 20.2 | 76.0 | 13.8 | 10.2 | 72.3 | 73.3 |
| 8 | 4.5 | 86.7 | 4.3 | 251.3 | 80.8 | 12.2 | 7.0 | 89.7 | 82.0 |
| 9 | 2.5 | 88.3 | 3.7 | 276.3 | 42.5 | 53.3 | 5.2 | 86.3 | 89.7 |
| 10 | 2.7 | 90.0 | 3.3 | 129.5 | 85.7 | 11.0 | 3.3 | 90.7 | 94.0 |
| 11 | 2.8 | 91.7 | 4.0 | 134.2 | 83.5 | 11.7 | 4.8 | 90.0 | 92.0 |
| 12 | 3.5 | 16.7 | 2.3 | 14.2 | 29.2 | 30.2 | 7.3 | 31.7 | 15.3 |
| 13 | 2.8 | 91.7 | 4.3 | 271.3 | 89.8 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 89.0 | 90.0 |
| 14 | 2.8 | 91.7 | 4.0 | 273.4 | 81.3 | 12.7 | 6.0 | 87.0 | 74.3 |
| 15 | 3.5 | 91.7 | 4.0 | 343.7 | 83.5 | 12.8 | 3.7 | 85.3 | 72.0 |
| 16 | 2.5 | 93.3 | 4.3 | 267.0 | 88.2 | 8.7 | 3.2 | 92.3 | 86.7 |
| 17 | 5.0 | 88.3 | 4.0 | 177.0 | 87.3 | 8.7 | 4.0 | 90.0 | 75.0 |
| 18 | 1.5 | 83.3 | 3.7 | 980.6 | 90.5 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 84.7 | 78.0 |
| 19 | 3.2 | 88.3 | 4.7 | 520.6 | 91.0 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 90.7 | 91.7 |
| 20 | 3.2 | 85.0 | 4.0 | 499.2 | 88.2 | 7.7 | 4.2 | 88.0 | 86.3 |