Research Article

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

Table 1

Mean (±S.E.) motility percentage for mithun semen following storage at 5°C for different storage times.

AdditivesStorage period
0 h6 h12 h24 h30 h

Control70.28 ± 1.90a65.63 ± 1.64ab47.49 ± 1.86a35.82 ± 1.58a31.98 ± 1.74a
MT 1 mM72.92 ± 1.42ab68.59 ± 1.73bc50.22 ± 1.91ab40.99 ± 1.50b36.16 ± 1.52b
MT 2 mM74.77 ± 2.31bc69.29 ± 2.60bc53.37 ± 1.77bc43.82 ± 1.33b39.66 ± 1.47c
MT 3 mM77.37 ± 1.60c73.67 ± 1.68c56.48 ± 1.93c51.45 ± 1.22c45.77 ± 1.62d
MT 4 mM72.92 ± 1.42ab61.28 ± 2.44a46.87 ± 1.66a34.90 ± 1.69a31.51 ± 1.81a

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