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

Table 3

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

Additives	Storage period
	0 h	6 h	12 h	24 h	30 h
Control	6.18 ± 0.67^b	7.91 ± 0.91^cd	10.76 ± 1.22^c	12.91 ± 1.13^c	14.73 ± 1.15^c
MT 1 mM	5.82 ± 0.81^ab	7.29 ± 0.63^bc	9.81 ± 1.16^bc	11.85 ± 1.01^bc	13.36 ± 1.28^bc
MT 2 mM	5.37 ± 0.76^a	6.60 ± 0.79^ab	9.16 ± 1.21^b	10.91 ± 1.12^b	12.24 ± 1.15^b
MT 3 mM	5.39 ± 0.82^a	6.33 ± 0.91^a	7.34 ± 0.64^a	9.05 ± 0.93^a	10.15 ± 1.03^a
MT 4 mM	6.96 ± 0.64^c	8.67 ± 0.57^d	10.36 ± 0.84^bc	11.64 ± 0.85^bc	13.52 ± 0.90^bc

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