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Table 2 Effect of Diospyros kaki-enhanced extender on post thawing buffalo bull sperm characteristics

From: Assessment of semen characteristics and in vivo conception rate of preserved buffalo bull semen extended in tris enhanced with Diospyros kaki

Treatment	Parameter
Treatment	Motile %	HOST %	Alive %	Abnormality %
Control	26.67^b ± 3.33	73.33^a ± 8.25	80.00^a ± 1.73	18.67^a ± 2.40
1%	50.00^a ± 5.77	83.00^a ± 1.15	78.33^a ± 1.33	22.67^a ± 2.19
2%	43.33^a ± 6.67	78.00^a ± 1.53	74.00^a ± 2.52	23.67^a ± 2.33
3%	45.00^a ± 5.00	79.67^a ± 0.88	81.00^a ± 0.58	23.00^a ± 4.73
4%	40.00^ab ± 0.00	84.67^a ± 0.88	84.00^a ± 4.93	22.33^a ± 6.84
5%	46.67^a ± 8.82	78.67^a ± 1.86	79.00^a ± 1.00	21.33^a ± 5.36
6%	41.67^ab ± 1.67	84.67^a ± 3.18	80.33^a ± 5.46	17.67^a ± 3.18
7%	41.67^ab ± 1.67	74.67^a ± 0.88	74.33^a ± 1.76	22.00^a ± 2.52
8%	40.00^ab ± 5.00	79.67^a ± 0.88	70.67^a ± 1.76	25.67^a ± 4.26
9%	36.67^ab ± 3.33	81.00^a ± 1.00	71.33^a ± 2.96	24.00^a ± 3.06
10%	26.67^b ± 3.33	78.00^a ± 3.06	79.00^a ± 4.93	21.33^a ± 6.33
F value	2.49	1.50	1.88	0.29
P<	0.0360	0.2059	0.1045	0.9759

Mean ± S.E.
Different letter superscripts indicate a significant difference between means within column using the multiple range Duncan’s test at P < 0.05

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