Table 3.
In vitro sperm quality parameters assessed on frozen-thawed semen doses by CASA and FCM of 10 Holstein bulls based on fertility ranking in the CG and HQS fraction (LSM ± SEM).
| Fraction | CG | HQS Fraction | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HF | LF | HF | LF | |||||
| Parameters | LSM | SEM | LSM | SEM | LSM | SEM | LSM | SEM |
| MOT TOT | 83.27a | 4.00 | 63.02b | 4.00 | 83.96 | 4.66 | 78.04 | 4.66 |
| PROG | 54.49a | 3.07 | 43.80b | 3.07 | 52.35 | 4.12 | 52.64 | 4.12 |
| VSL | 54.01 | 3.31 | 52.57 | 3.31 | 60.77 | 6.29 | 64.83 | 6.29 |
| VCL | 90.19 | 4.49 | 82.33 | 4.49 | 111.95 | 6.49 | 112.60 | 6.49 |
| VAP | 64.34 | 3.45 | 59.53 | 3.45 | 75.18 | 6.46 | 76.78 | 6.46 |
| LIN | 59.76 | 2.58 | 64.36 | 2.58 | 53.28 | 3.74 | 57.23 | 3.74 |
| STR | 83.73a | 1.38 | 88.09b | 1.30 | 79.51 | 1.97 | 84.11 | 1.97 |
| WOB | 71.16 | 2.13 | 72.85 | 2.13 | 66.27 | 3.13 | 67.73 | 3.13 |
| ALH | 2.96 | 0.14 | 2.73 | 0.14 | 3.69 | 0.18 | 3.65 | 0.18 |
| BCF | 9.85 | 0.38 | 10.25 | 0.38 | 8.48a | 0.34 | 9.58b | 0.34 |
| VIAB | 48.73 | 4.26 | 40.07 | 4.26 | 66.89 | 2.97 | 62.42 | 3.14 |
| VIA | 28.12 | 2.66 | 22.08 | 2.66 | 36.82 | 4.04 | 42.11 | 4.27 |
| VDA | 1.88 | 0.25 | 2.04 | 0.25 | 1.54 | 0.17 | 1.70 | 0.18 |
| ALPHA-T | 0.4097a | 0.0016 | 0.4150b | 0.0016 | 0.4025a | 0.0020 | 0.4119b | 0.0020 |
| ATSD | 0.0093 | 0.0009 | 0.0112 | 0.0009 | 0.0113 | 0.0006 | 0.0124 | 0.0006 |
| %DFI | 1.3337 | 0.3215 | 1.8830 | 0.3215 | 0.7327 | 0.2314 | 1.1106 | 0.2314 |
| %HG | 1.5775 | 0.2210 | 2.1160 | 0.2210 | 2.0627 | 0.1672 | 2.0502 | 0.1672 |
MOT TOT, total motility; PROG, cells progressive motility; VSL, straight-line velocity; VCL, curvilinear velocity; VAP, average path velocity; LIN, linear coefficient; STR, straightness coefficient; WOB, wobble coefficient; ALH, amplitude of lateral head displacement, BCF, beat cross-frequency; VIAB, viable sperm; VIA, viable with intact acrosome; VDA, viable with disrupted acrosome; ALPHA-T, red/(red + green) fluorescence intensity; ATSD, Alpha-T standard deviation; %DFI, fragmented DNA sperm; %HG, high green fluorescence sperm.
values within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05.