Research Article

Single Layer Centrifugation with Androcoll-P Can Be Scaled-Up to Process Larger Volumes of Boar Semen

Table 2

Percentage of spermatozoa with normal morphology (%) (mean ± SD) in boar sperm samples before and after Single layer centrifugation ( 𝑛 = 1 2 ejaculates).

GroupUnselected (%)SLC-4.5 (%)SLC-15 (%)

Normal morphology 8 3 . 6 ± 1 3 . 6 a 9 6 . 5 ± 3 . 6 a 9 4 . 0 ± 5 . 1 a
Abnormal heads 4 ± 0 . 9 4 ± 1 . 1 4 ± 1 . 2
Tail defects 9 . 4 ± 1 0 . 9 b c 0 . 4 ± 0 . 5 b 1 . 6 ± 2 . 6 c

Note: superscript letter denotes significant difference in the SLC samples than in the non-SLC-selected samples, a 𝑃 < . 0 0 1 , b 𝑃 < . 0 1 , c 𝑃 < . 0 5 .