Table 1 Semen parameters in dogs, which were infected (after having been infected) with Babesia canis at 1st presentation and after supplementation with selenium and Vitamin E

Volume (ml)

2.0

3.5

2.5

2.0

0.8

1.5

0,5–2.0^a

Concentration (×10⁶/ml)

35.5

308

450

34

59.5

178

292.6 ± 208.3^b

MOT (%)

4

64.0

80.0

5.0

78.0

72.0

88.3 ± 18.4^b

PMOT (%)

1

29

68

0

7

54

60–70^a

VAP (μm/s)

64.6

127.3

157.4

53.5

86.9

142.9

124.3 ± 19.7^b

VSL (μm/s)

46.2

122.4

132.2

36.4

58.6

127.5

113.0 ± 20.2^b

VCL (μm/s)

159.0

180.2

212.0

143.9

193.2

222.7

160.7 ± 19.7^b

ALH (μm)

4.3

6.1

6.4

0.0

8.6

7.7

5.0 ± 0.7^b

BCF (Hz)

36.2

35.4

32.1

34.9

22.7

38.8

26.2 ± 4.4^b

STR (%)

70

96

82

69

67

88

88.9 ± 3.4^b

LIN (%)

29

69

62

26

30

57

70.1 ± 7.5^b

RAPID (%)

2

39

82

1

15

60

65.2 ± 21.7 ^b

MEDIUM (%)

21

31

10

21

63

12

3.4 ± 2.4^b

SLOW (%)

4

18

7

5

8

19

19.7 ± 12.8^b

STATIC (%)

73

12

0

73

15

9

11.8 ± 14.4^b

Morphological abnormal sperm (%)

89

52

90

60

58

35

10–25^a

Acrosomal defects (%)

7

5

7

6

3

3

2.3 ± 1.0^c

Head defects (%)

29

18

39

23

15

9

4.0 ± 3.0^c

Tail defects (%)

11

7

4

6

4

5

12.3 ± 4.6^c

Proximal cytoplasmic droplets (%)

42

22

40

25

38

18

10.3 ± 12.1^c

Live (%)

38

65

87

20

61

79

90–95^a