From: Macro- and microelements in serum and seminal plasma as biomarkers for bull sperm cryotolerance
Semen characteristics (%) | Fresh semen | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 |