Prostaglandin levels in seminal plasma and sperm extracts of the domestic turkey, and the effects of cyclooxygenase inhibitors on sperm mobility

Table 3 The effect of cyclooxygenase inhibitors on turkey sperm mobility¹

Dose Level (mM)	Indomethacin	Diclofenac Sodium	Tolmetin	Aspirin
0.0 (Control) 0.001	100^a 84.9 ± 2.3^b	100^a 97.6 ± 2.2^b	100^a 73.2 ± 4.2^b	100^a No Data
0.01	73.4 ± 3.2^c	87.8 ± 1.9^c	81.0 ± 4.3^b	82.2 ± 3.5^b
0.1	63.7 ± 1.2^d	83.1 ± 2.1^c	78.2 ± 6.1^b	85.0 ± 4.4^b
1.0	11.8 ± 0.8^e	35.7 ± 3.0^d	75.8 ± 4.7^b	83.0 ± 3.8^b
10.0	0.8 ± 0.2^f	0.2 ± 0.2^e	25.3 ± 1.9^c	77.4 ± 3.8^b
15.0	No Data	No Data	No Data	56.7 ± 3.4^c

¹Mean ± SEM. Values are expressed as the percentage of the Control which contained no drug (Control = 100%). ^a-f Within columns, values without common superscript differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05; n = 10).

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