Table 2 Sanitary status, means of sperm parameters and semen quality of Brahman bulls (n = 10) at the end of the study (30 days).
Parameters | Bull number | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4461 | 4981 | 4992 | 5182 | 5442 | 5452 | 6002 | 616,6052 | 605,6063 | 606,6163 | |
TM (%) | 75.0 | 74.0 | 83.0 | 74.5 | 76.0 | 35.0 | 85.0 | 92.7 | 93.5 | 80.5 |
PM (%) | 57.0 | 46.0 | 58.0 | 47.0 | 43.5 | 20.0 | 51.0 | 58.7 | 69.5 | 72.5 |
VCL (μm/s) | 166.0 | 169.0 | 178.0 | 144.5 | 146.5 | 100.5 | 174.0 | 180.5 | 137.5 | 86.0 |
VSL (μm/s) | 83.0 | 76.0 | 74.0 | 81.5 | 59.0 | 52.5 | 71.0 | 86.7 | 58.0 | 56.0 |
VAP (μm/s) | 96.0 | 99.0 | 93.0 | 112.0 | 84.5 | 66.0 | 98.0 | 113.2 | 71.0 | 60.5 |
ALH (μm) | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
LIN (%) | 49.5 | 44.0 | 41.0 | 56.0 | 40.5 | 52.0 | 40.5 | 47.7 | 42.5 | 65.0 |
STR (%) | 85.5 | 76.0 | 80.0 | 72.0 | 70.0 | 79.0 | 72.0 | 76.2 | 81.5 | 92.0 |
WOB (%) | 57.5 | 58.0 | 52.0 | 77.0 | 58.0 | 65.5 | 56.0 | 62.5 | 51.5 | 70.0 |
BCF (Hz) | 11.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
Normal Morphology (%) | 76.2 | 87.7 | 96.2 | 78.0 | 77.0 | 76.6 | 93.8 | 92.0 | 81.2 | 91.3 |
Viability (%) | 28.2 | 78.0 | 75.1 | 35.8 | 49.0 | 4.0 | 92.7 | 93.8 | 84.9 | 86.5 |
Semen quality | U | D | S | D | D | U | S | S | S | D |
