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Table 2 Sperm quality traits in young, adult, and aged Nellore bulls evaluated after cryopreservation (means ± SD)

From: Does sperm quality and DNA integrity differ in cryopreserved semen samples from young, adult, and aged Nellore bulls?

Group

High mitochondrial potential

Intact membrane/Acrosome

Damaged membrane

Damaged acrosome

Morphologic defects

Young

81.70 ± 9.40ª

54.70 ± 9.49ª

34.70 ± 12.27b

32.52 ± 8.75c

18.78 ± 7.02a

Adult

67.82 ± 10.38b

46.68 ± 10.13b

38.81 ± 9.76ab

38.23 ± 11.52b

14.62 ± 7.80b

Aged

65.31 ± 12.12b

37.53 ± 9.84c

41.76 ± 10.67a

45.85 ± 13.72a

15.14 ± 6.37ab

  1. Means with different superscripts same column differ significantly (p < 0.05) by the Duncan test