AI	Artificial insemination
ANOVA	Analysis of variance
CASA	Computer assisted sperm analysis
CFU	Colony-forming unit
DE	Digestible energy
EB	Tris-citric acid-glucose supplemented with EDTA and bestatin
EDTA	Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
HOST	Hypo-osmotic swelling test
LSM	Least square means
NAR	Normal apical ridge
PI	Iodide propidium
QEB	Tris-citric acid-glucose supplemented with EDTA, bestatin and nanoparticles of chitosan-alginate
SEM	Standard error of the means
TCG	Tris-citric acid-glucose
TCG-AB	Tris-citric acid-glucose without antibiotics
TCG+AB	Tris-citric acid-glucose plus antibiotics
VRBD	Violet Red Bile Dextrose