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Table 2 Concentration of elements measured in seminal plasma and in blood serum on the day of collection

From: Macro- and microelements in serum and seminal plasma as biomarkers for bull sperm cryotolerance

Elements (mg/L)

Seminal plasma

Serum

Median

Lower quartile

Upper quartile

Median

Lower quartile

Upper quartile

Na

3387.82

2842.02

3429.06

3387.82

3101.11

3434.56

Mg

25.72

23.64

61.32

22.07

20.28

24.34

K

231.75

192.87

1081.99

187.51

161.36

199.91

Ca

103.78

96.38

255.10

93.09

81.05

97.45

Fe

2.66

2.19

2.88

2.26

2.05

2.71

Cu

0.87

0.33

1.05

0.90

0.77

1.05

Zn

1.10

0.96

3.48

3.53

3.09

4.12

Se

0.09

0.07

0.31

0.49

0.43

0.61