Semen characteristics and seminal oxidative status of four breeds of rabbit in South west, Nigeria

The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 1 Libido and semen characteristics of four exotic breeds of rabbit

Parameters	Fauve de Bourgogne	Chinchilla	British Spot	New Zealand White	SEM	p value
Libido (reaction time in seconds)	6.13	5.40	5.70	7.50	0.54	NS
Volume (ml)	0.55^ab	0.70^a	0.41^b	0.34^b	0.04	*
Mass activity (%)	89.00	83.33	93.33	95.33	2.00	NS
Motility (%)	82.63	84.60	88.30	85.00	1.27	NS
Sperm concentration (× 10⁸/mL spermatozoa)	19.7^ab	16.91^b	23.68^a	22.78^a	2.49	*
Total motile sperm cells (× 10⁸/mL spermatozoa)	16.75^ab	15.90^b	19.48^ab	21.98^a	2.22	*
Total live spermatozoa (× 10⁸/mL spermatozoa)	19.52^ab	16.81^b	22.53^a	24.06^a	2.51	*

Means in the same row with different superscript letters are significantly (p < 0.05) different
SEM standard error of mean, NS not significant (p > 0.05)
*Significant difference (p < 0.05)