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Table 1 Semen quality characteristics of bull semen samples for the satisfactory group and unsatisfactory group

From: Macro- and microelements in serum and seminal plasma as biomarkers for bull sperm cryotolerance

Semen characteristics (%)

Fresh semen

Satisfactory group (N  =  15)a

Unsatisfactory group (N  =  15)a

Median

Lower quartile

Upper quartile

Median

Lower quartile

Upper quartile

Motility

85.00

85.00

90.00

60.00

50.00

60.00

Progressive motility

75.00

70.00

77.50

40.00

30.00

52.50

Viability

91.50

90.25

94.13

76.25

67.38

85.38

Normal morphology

86.00

83.00

89.00

68.50

50.75

77.50

Acrosome defects

2.50

1.25

3.25

5.00

3.25

11.75

Normal tail membrane integrity

93.00

91.50

96.00

82.50

74.00

87.50

DNA fragmentation

5.83

3.58

7.25

9.83

7.00

13.25

Semen characteristics (%)

Frozen-thawed semen

Satisfactory group (N  =  15)

Unsatisfactory group (N  =  15)

Median

Lower quartile

Upper quartile

Median

Lower quartile

Upper quartile

Motility

80.00

74.00

85.00

53.00

48.25

68.25

Progressive motility

60.00

57.13

64.75

32.50

20.63

51.50

Viability

89.25

85.13

90.88

64.00

58.38

82.75

Normal morphology

81.00

74.75

84.00

60.50

41.50

72.00

Acrosome defects

6.50

5.75

9.75

13.00

8.75

17.25

Normal tail membrane integrity

90.50

86.75

93.50

73.50

67.75

79.75

DNA fragmentation

8.50

5.42

9.25

15.67

11.75

20.6

  1. aFor all measured semen characteristics, statistically significant differences between satisfactory and unsatisfactory groups were observed (P  <  0.05) in fresh and frozen-thawed semen