Bacteriospermia and Sperm Quality of Cryopreserved Bull Semen Used in Artificial Insemination of Cows in South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia

Table 1

One-way ANOVA of semen characteristics of breeding bulls (no. of straws from Jersey = 43 and HF-cross = 60).

Semen parameters	Breed	Mean ± SEM	95% CI	F	value
Motility (%)	Jersey	43.69 ± 1.75	40.16–47.22	10.81	0.001
	HF-cross	51.56 ± 1.58	48.40–54.72
	Total	48.35 ± 1.23	45.91–50.79
Live (%)	Jersey	65.45 ± 1.61	62.19–68.71	0.26	0.609
	HF-cross	66.51 ± 1.30	63.91–69.11
	Total	66.08 ± 1.01	64.08–68.08
Normal morphology (%)	Jersey	81.57 ± 1.65	78.24–84.91	0.40	0.529
	HF-cross	79.97 ± 1.77	76.42–83.51
	Total	80.62 ± 1.24	78.16–83.09

SEM = standard error of mean; CI = confidence interval.