Effect of Addition of Melatonin on the Liquid Storage (5°C) of Mithun (Bos frontalis) Semen

Table 5

HOST (±S.E.) percentage for extended mithun semen containing additive at different storage times.

Additives	Storage Period
	0 h	6 h	12 h	24 h	30 h
Control	74.23 ± 1.70^ab	69.78 ± 1.55^ab	56.58 ± 1.92^a	44.85 ± 2.01^b	36.67 ± 1.95^b
MT 1 mM	76.92 ± 1.80^bc	73.72 ± 2.07^bc	57.48 ± 1.93^a	45.43 ± 1.73^bc	41.72 ± 1.27^c
MT 2 mM	78.70 ± 1.69^cd	74.45 ± 2.30^c	62.07 ± 1.65^b	49.25 ± 1.48^c	42.88 ± 1.73^cd
MT 3 mM	82.26 ± 1.82^d	77.24 ± 1.78^c	66.07 ± 1.29^c	54.55 ± 1.91^d	46.25 ± 1.46^d
MT 4 mM	72.07 ± 1.90^a	66.25 ± 1.89^a	55.72 ± 1.30^a	36.26 ± 1.34^a	32.84 ± 1.51^a

Within columns means with different letters (a, b, c, d) differ significantly (P < 0.05).