Table 1 Effect of supplementation of Vit. E and C to tris-based extender on chilled semen quality of Kail rams.
Parameters | Groups | Time (h) | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 24 | 48 | 72 | G | T | G*T | ||
Motility (%) | A | 83 ± 5.4A | 76 ± 2.7AB | 72 ± 4.8 ± AB | 53 ± 3.5B | 0.007 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
B | 86 ± 1.7A | 76 ± 1.9AB | 65 ± 5.2AB | 51 ± 2.1C | ||||
C | 78 ± 2.5A | 74 ± 7.0AB | 61 ± 0.9AB | 57 ± 0.7C | ||||
D | 82 ± 4.2A | 70 ± 6.9A | 78 ± 5.9A | 66 ± 4.6A | ||||
PM (%) | A | 42 ± 6.4A | 30 ± 3.4AB | 26 ± 2.3AB | 15 ± 3.9C | 0.694 | 0.000 | 0.183 |
B | 47 ± 3.9A | 26 ± 3.4BC | 25 ± 3.0CB | 12.4 ± 2.8D | ||||
C | 40 ± 2.3A | 31 ± 3.8AB | 25 ± 7.7AB | 17 ± 6.3C | ||||
D | 34 ± 3.8A | 25 ± 2.1AB | 26 ± 5.9AB | 21 ± 3.9B | ||||
RP (%) | A | 5.2 ± 0.7A | 3.1 ± 1.0AB | 2.4 ± 0.7AB | 0.7 ± 0.1C | 0.378 | 0.003 | 0.132 |
B | 4.6 ± 1.0A | 2.4 ± 0.9AB | 1.9 ± 0.8AB | 0.0 ± 0.6B | ||||
C | 3.9 ± 0.4A | 3.4 ± 0.8A | 3.3 ± 0.4A | 2.3 ± 0.3A | ||||
D | 3.1 ± 0.6A | 2.8 ± 0.6A | 4.4 ± 2.3A | 2.6 ± 2.1A | ||||
MP (%) | A | 37.4 ± 5.9A | 27.7 ± 2.4AB | 24.1 ± 2.0AB | 14.8 ± 3.8B | 0.466 | 0.000 | 0.361 |
B | 42 ± 3.1A | 22.0 ± 2.8BC | 24 ± 3.3CB | 2.4 ± 2.6D | ||||
C | 36.1 ± 2.3A | 35.7 ± 3.8AB | 27.7 ± 12.2AB | 13.8 ± 10.8B | ||||
D | 31.3 ± 3.9A | 24.9 ± 7.5A | 19.6 ± 5.8A | 18.5 ± 4.8A | ||||