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Table 2 Normal sperm head morphometry of Thai native crossbred (T; T1 – T5) and purebred (F; F1 – Standardbred; F2 – Warmblood; F3 and F4 – Thoroughbred) stallions (mean ± SE)

From: Morphology and head morphometric characters of sperm in Thai native crossbred stallions

Stallion

Length (μm)

Width (μm)

Elongation (%)

Perimeter (μm)

Area (μm2)

Ellipticity

Sf1

Sf2

Sf3

T1

6.24 ± 0.03a

2.99 ± 0.02a

0.35 ± 0.002a

15.98 ± 0.04a

15.88 ± 0.09a,b

2.09 ± 0.01a

0.78 ± 0.002a

1.63 ± 0.006a

0.92 ± 0.004a

T2

6.07 ± 0.02b

3.19 ± 0.02b

0.31 ± 0.003b

15.73 ± 0.04b

16.23 ± 0.09b

1.90 ± 0.01b

0.82 ± 0.002b

1.57 ± 0.007b

0.94 ± 0.003b

T3

6.33 ± 0.02c

3.19 ± 0.01b

0.33 ± 0.002c

16.10 ± 0.04a

16.67 ± 0.08c

1.98 ± 0.01c

0.81 ± 0.001c

1.60 ± 0.005c

0.95 ± 0.002b

T4

6.18 ± 0.02ab

3.11 ± 0.02c

0.33 ± 0.003c

15.76 ± 0.04b

15.90 ± 0.09a,b

1.99 ± 0.01c

0.80 ± 0.002c

1.60 ± 0.008b,c

0.95 ± 0.004b

T5

6.18 ± 0.02a

3.08 ± 0.01c

0.33 ± 0.002c

15.71 ± 0.03b

15.77 ± 0.07a

2.02 ± 0.01c

0.80 ± 0.002c

1.61 ± 0.005a,c

0.95 ± 0.002b

Mean T

6.22 ± 0.01*

3.09 ± 0.0*

0.34 ± 0.001*

15.88 ± 0.02*

16.09 ± 0.03*

2.01 ± 0.005*

0.80 ± 0.001*

1.61 ± 0.003*

0.94 ± 0.002*

% CV (T)

4.5

6.2

8.5

3.3

6.6

6.5

3.3

4.6

4.2

Percentile 25/75

6.00/6.40

2.90/3.20

0.31/0.35

15.60/16.20

15.40/16.80

1.94/2.10

0.79/0.82

1.56/1.66

0.92/0.97

F1

5.94 ± 0.02a

2.99 ± 0.01a

0.33 ± 0.002a

15.14 ± 0.03a

14.83 ± 0.07a

1.99 ± 0.07a

0.81 ± 0.001a

1.62 ± 0.004a

0.94 ± 0.002a

F2

5.98 ± 0.01a

2.92 ± 0.01b

0.34 ± 0.002b

14.89 ± 0.03b

13.97 ± 0.05b

2.06 ± 0.01b

0.79 ± 0.002b

1.62 ± 0.004a

0.98 ± 0.001b

F3

6.15 ± 0.03b

2.92 ± 0.01b

0.36 ± 0.002c

15.24 ± 0.05a

14.41 ± 0.09c

2.11 ± 0.01c

0.78 ± 0.002c

1.64 ± 0.006b

0.98 ± 0.003bc

F4

5.85 ± 0.01c

2.80 ± 0.01c

0.35 ± 0.001c

14.55 ± 0.03c

13.20 ± 0.05d

2.09 ± 0.01c

0.79 ± 0.001c

1.64 ± 0.004b

0.98 ± 0.002c

Mean F

5.94 ± 0.08

2.89 ± 0.01

0.35 ± 0.001

14.88 ± 0.02

13.90 ± 0.04

2.06 ± 0.004

0.79 ± 0.001

1.63 ± 0.002

0.97 ± 0.001

% CV (F)

5

6.5

8.8

4

8.5

6.8

3.4

4.7

3.5

Percentile 25/75

5.70/6.20

2.80/3.10

0.33/0.36

14.50/15.20

13.10/14.70

1.97/2.14

0.77/0.81

1.58/1.68

0.95/0.99

  1. Significant differences (P < 0.05) within T or F are indicated by different letters (a, b, c, d).
  2. Significant differences (P < 0.05) between T and F are indicated by * in superscript