Table 1. Semen volume, concentration, motility and purity in ten mature Landrace boars.
Mature boars1 | Semen volume2 | Sperm moncentration3 | Sperm motility4 | Presence of immature sperm & somatic cells5 |
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Boar 1 | 120 ml | 1.2 x 109/ml | 90% | Absence |
Boar 2 | 150 ml | 0.8 x 109/ml | 85% | Absence |
Boar 3 | 120 ml | 1.0 x 109/ml | 90% | Absence |
Boar 4 | 180 ml | 1.5 x 109/ml | 88% | Absence |
Boar 5 | 130 ml | 0.9 x 109/ml | 90% | Absence |
Boar 6 | 180 ml | 1.2 x 109/ml | 85% | Absence |
Boar 7 | 200 ml | 1.5 x 109/ml | 87% | Absence |
Boar 8 | 170 ml | 1.0 x 109/ml | 85% | Absence |
Boar 9 | 150 ml | 1.2 x 109/ml | 90% | Absence |
Boar 10 | 200 ml | 0.9 x 109/ml | 87% | Absence |
Mean ± SD | 160 ± 30.55 ml | 1.2 x 109 ± 0.24 /ml | 87.7 ± 2.21 % | N/A |