Research Article

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

Table 3

Effect of Single layer centrifugation on boar sperm morphology in Experiment 2 ( 𝑛 = 1 2 ).

Uncent. (%)SLC-4.5 (%)SLC-25 (%)

Normal morphology 8 2 ± 1 4 a b 9 7 ± 1 . 4 a 9 7 ± 2 b
Abnormal heads 3 . 1 5 ± 1 . 3 c 2 . 3 ± 0 . 8 c 2 . 3 ± 0 . 7 c
Abnormal tails 7 . 0 ± 1 0 . 4 c 0 . 2 ± 0 . 2 c 0 . 3 ± 0 . 5 c

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