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Table 1 Mean ± SD of semen quality of fresh, chilled and frozen-thawed samples.

From: Successful artificial insemination in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) using chilled and frozen-thawed semen

 

Semen samples

Parameters

Fresh

Chilled

Frozen

  

Day 1

Day 2

Day 2

 

Volume (ml)

31.0 ± 31.3

-

-

-

-

pH

7.6 ± 0.7

-

-

-

-

Concent. (×106/ml)

887.6 ± 487.1

208.0

208.0

208.0

100.0

Motility (%)

82.7 ± 3.6

80.0 ± 35.0

60.0 ± 24.0

50.0 ± 15.0

45.5 ± 14.2

Viable sperm (%)

76.8 ± 14.4

71.5 ± 21.3

33.3 ± 10.2

20.0 ± 8.4

50.9 ± 13.6