Research Article

Effect of Osmolarity and Density of Colloid Formulations on the Outcome of SLC-Selection of Stallion Spermatozoa

Table 1

Effect of osmolarity of colloid on mean (±SD) number of motile spermatozoa in the pellet after single-layer centrifugation ( 𝑛 = 2 0 ).

Normal osmolarity (305–320 mOsm)    High osmolarity (330–345 mOsm)
SLCDGCSLCDGC

3 0 . 1 9 × 1 0 6 3 1 . 8 4 × 1 0 6 2 5 . 8 × 1 0 6 2 6 . 4 6 × 1 0 6
± 1 6 . 9 ± 1 9 . 7 ± 1 8 . 5 ± 2 0 . 0

SLC: single-layer centrifugation, DGC: gradient density centrifugation.