Table 4 Fertility indexes of adult male rats exposed to heat stress after natural mating with non-exposed females.

From: The synergistic activity of fisetin on quercetin improves testicular recover in ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats

Analysis

Control

T/D

F + T/D

QE + T/D

F + QE + T/D

Number of females

16

16

16

16

16

Number of females mated

16

16

16

16

16

Number of males mated

8

8

8

8

8

Number of males impregnating females

8

1

5

4

8

Number of females pregnant

16

1

8

6

14

Female mating index (%)

100 a

100 a

100 a

100 a

100 a

Male mating index (%)

100 a

100 a

100 a

100 a

100 a

Pregnancy index (%)

100 a

6.25 c

50.00 b

37.50 b

87.50 a

Male fertility index (%)

100 a

12.50 c

62.50 b

50.00 b

100 a

  1. - T/D: Torsion and detorsion; F: Fisetin; QE: Quercetin. Female mating index = number of females mated/number of females × 100; Male mating index = number of males mated/number of males × 100; Pregnancy index = number of females pregnant/number of females mated × 100; Male fertility index = number of males impregnating females/number of males mated × 100. a-d Different superscripts within the row demonstrate significant differences (p ≤ 0.05).
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