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. 2022 Jun 1;9:866112. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.866112

Table 7.

Volume, concentration, velocity average pathway (VAP), straight line velocity (VLS), curvilinear velocity (VCL), amplitude of lateral head displacement (ALH), beat-cross frequency (BCF), straightness (STR), and linearity (LIN) of semen in dog treated with dietary supplementation of PTHL and untreated dog (CON) for 90 days.

Parameter Group Time (days) SEM1 p -value
0 30 60 90 Group Time G × T2
Volume
(mL)
CON 4.86 3.65X 3.60X 4.25X 1.770 0.005 0.045 0.284
PTHL 4.78a 6.80bY 6.18bY 7.06bY
Concentration
(M/mL)
CON 122.86 109.55 120.32x 121.47x 28.805 0.023 0.001 0.163
PTHL 121.96A 157.56A 191.14ABy 239.44By
VAP
(μm/s)
CON 103.20 106.72 105.67 106.62 9.140 0.023 0.203 0.336
PTHL 102.96 114.88 125.66 136.70
VSL
(μm/s)
CON 78.60 81.72 83.55X 84.87X 5.755 0.001 0.012 0.143
PTHL 80.40A 93.04AB 103.52ABY 110.14BY
VCL
(μm/s)
CON 141.98 143.32 145.62 152.67 9.825 0.009 0.055 0.353
PTHL 143.00a 160.24ab 171.98ab 186.22b
ALH
(μ)
CON 5.24 5.87 5.67 5.80 0.380 0.018 0.016 0.301
PTHL 5.57a 6.22ab 6.68ab 7.10b
BCF
(Hz)
CON 20.50 22.32 23.65 23.95 1.290 0.044 0.000 0.207
PTHL 21.05A 23.40ABa 24.92ABb 29.20B
STR
(VSL/VAP)
CON 79.80 32.50 80.75 83.00 5.780 0.011 0.036 0.296
PTHL 80.78a 85.20ab 88.20ab 90.00b
LIN
(VSL/VCL)
CON 53.80 54.00 56.00X 56.00X 1.755 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.020
PTHL 54.44A 57.60ABa 65.40ABbY 65.80BY
1

Standard error of the means.

2

Group × Time.

Different letters on the same line show statistical differences during time in the same group: A, B = p < 0.01; a, b = p < 0.05; Different letters on the same row show statistical differences between groups at the same aging time: X, Y = p < 0.01; x, y = p < 0.05.