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Quantitative and qualitative semen characteristics of stallion ejaculates (number of ejaculates per stallion within brackets) used in this study (mean ± SD). |
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| Stallion (no. ejaculates) |
Concentration (×106/mL) |
Motility (%) |
Spermatozoa with normal morphology (%) |
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| A (4) |
201 ± 67 |
69 ± 13 |
69.9 ± 8.3 |
| F (4) |
356 ± 58 |
57 ± 14 |
75.6 ± 2.8 |
| G (3) |
216 ± 44 |
55 ± 8.7 |
77.5 ± 4.0 |
| H (3) |
228 ± 50 |
73 ± 5 |
31.2 ± 4.0 |
| K (4) |
162 ± 88 |
68 ± 5 |
71.8 ± 2.1 |
| Q (4) |
254 ± 88 |
71 ± 6 |
66.5 ± 7.8 |
| R (4) |
254 ± 86 |
65 ± 5 |
72.5 ± 2.8 |
| T (4) |
165 ± 47 |
68 ± 6 |
73.1 ± 2.1 |
| W (3) |
175 ± 38 |
63 ± 6 |
50.3 ± 2.9 |
| Y (4) |
276 ± 51 |
75 ± 6 |
77.4 ± 3.3 |
| Z (4) |
189 ± 16 |
73 ± 6 |
66.8 ± 3.6 |
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Notes. Concentration was determined by Spermacue. Differences between stallions were significant for concentration (P = 0.03) and normal morphology (P < 0.001) but not for motility (P0 0.1). Differences between ejaculates for each stallion were not significant for concentration, motility or normal morphology. | |||
Morrell et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:2 doi:10.1186/1751-0147-50-2 |
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