Research Article
Superoxide Dismutase: A Predicting Factor for Boar Semen Characteristics for Short-Term Preservation
Table 2
Correlations (
value (
)) between oxidative stress markers in boar semen on day 0 and semen parameters after 3 days of storage.
| | Semen parameters and oxidative stress markers—day 3 | Oxidative stress markers—day 0 | | TAC | TBARS | SOD |
| | Motility | −0.135 (0.598) | −0.480* (0.049) | −0.187 (0.466) | | Progressive motility | −0.120 (0.639) | 0.123 (0.632) | −0.686* (0.002) | | Morphologically normal form | −0.365 (0.145) | 0.020 (0.936) | −0.423a (0.087) | | Viability | 0.154 (0.546) | −0.309 (0.222) | −0.513* (0.035) | | Capacitated + acrosomal reacted | 0.282 (0.266) | 0.135 (0.598) | −0.346 (0.169) | | TAC | 0.918** (<0.001) | −0.473a (0.054) | 0.223 (0.382) | | TBARS | 0.220 (0.387) | −0.463a (0.059) | −0.186 (0.466) | | SOD | −0.192 (0.454) | 0.250 (0.326) | 0.407 (0.107) |
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TAC: total antioxidant capacity; SOD: superoxide dismutase; TBARS: thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; : statistical significance (; ); anear statistical significance.
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