Research Article

Association of Vitamin E with Rapid Thawing on Goat Semen

Table 5

Sperm motility, sperm vigor, and hypoosmotic swelling test (HOST) of thawed goat semen thawed at different temperatures (mean ± standard error of mean).

Seminal parameters38°C/60 s60°C/7 s

Sperm motility (%)27.2 ± 1.5a30.7 ± 1.6a
HOST (%)23.8 ± 1.9b29.3 ± 2.0a
Sperm vigor1.9 ± 0.1a2.1 ± 0.1a

Different letters in the row are statistically different (P < 0.05); HOST: hypoosmotic swelling test.