Effect of Dietary Source on Rabbit Male Reproduction

Table 8

Metabolic indexes of testes and sperm in the rabbit bucks fed the control or -enriched diets.

	Control	FLAX	FISH	Pooled SE
Testes
LC PUFA	26.70^b	18.74^a	18.14^a	1.02
LC PUFA	0.09^a	0.89^b	1.58^b	0.15
LC/LA	2.25^b	1.40^a	1.29^a	0.11
LC/ALA	0.04^a	0.13^ab	0.53^b	0.08
Sperm
LC PUFA	26.78^b	19.46^a	14.36^a	1.15
LC PUFA	0.50^a	2.91^b	12.55^b	0.38
LC PUFA/LA	3.75	4.75	3.09	0.27
LC PUFA/ALA	2.50^a	2.26^a	27.89^b	1.10

a, b, and c on the same line means . Legend: ALA—α-linolenic acid; LA—linoleic acid; LC PUFA—long-chain PUFA.