Table 3 Sanitary status and percentages of sperm anomalies in Brahman bulls (n = 10) at the end of the study (30 days).
Anomalies | Bull numberSS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4461 | 4981 | 4992 | 5182 | 5442 | 5452 | 6002 | 6162 | 6053 | 6063 | |
Loose head (%) | 5.71 | 1.42 | 2.34 | 5.86 | 0.47 | 18.93 | 4.28 | – | 9.42 | 1.25 |
Pyriform head (%) | – | 0.95 | – | 1.38 | 0.94 | – | – | – | – | – |
Double head (%) | – | – | – | –– | – | – | – | – | – | 0.41 |
Teratoid (%) | 0.47 | – | – | 0.69 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Inmature form (%) | – | 0.95 | – | 1.38 | 1.81 | 0.82 | – | – | 0.82 | – |
Microcephaly (%) | – | 0.47 | – | 0.69 | 0.94 | 2.05 | – | – | 0.82 | 0.41 |
Distal midpiece reflex (%) | 1.90 | 4.76 | – | 3.10 | 3.69 | – | – | 5.71 | 2.46 | 0.41 |
Tightly coiled tail (%) | 7.14 | 1.90 | 0.47 | 3.10 | 5.57 | 0.82 | 1.42 | – | 2.05 | 0.41 |
Dag defect (%) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.05 | – |
Broken neck (%) | 0.41 | |||||||||
Bent midpiece (%) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.47 | – | – |
Broken midpiece (%) | – | – | – | 0.34 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Proximal droplet (%) | 8.57 | 0.95 | 0.47 | 5.86 | 8.34 | 0.82 | 0.47 | 1.42 | 3.69 | 5.00 |
Distal droplet (%) | 0.47 | 1.90 | 0.47 | 1.38 | – | 0.82 | – | 0.95 | 0.41 | 1.25 |
Nuclear vacuoles (%) | – | – | – | – | 6.04 | – | – | – | – | – |
Total anomalies (%) | 24.26 | 13.30 | 3.75 | 23.78 | 27.80 | 24.67 | 6.17 | 8.55 | 21.72 | 9.14 |
