Table 4. Semen characteristics of watermelon extended rooster semen at 3 hour

Parameters T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7
Percentage motility (%) 90.37a 90.02a 91.47a 91.99a 92.84a 90.99a 80.74b
Progressive motility (%) 80.66a 83.55a 66.08b 62.99b 46.70c 68.51b 61.36b
Non- progressive motility (%) 9.71c 6.47d 25.41b 29.00b 46.15a 22.49b 19.37ab
Curvilinear velocity (VCL) (μm/s) 18.20c 17.79c 20.89b 26.68a 26.96a 23.24b 10.19d
Average path velocity (VAP) (μm/s) 10.11c 9.65c 13.51b 14.88b 18.13a 13.04b 8.98c
Straight line velocity (VSL) (μm/s) 4.31c 4.07c 6.51b 6.44b 8.41a 5.81b 5.42c
Linearity (%) 23.69c 22.88c 30.94b 24.14c 35.76b 24.98c 58.03a
Straightness (%) 42.60bc 42.22bc 47.31b 43.27bc 38.99c 44.54b 60.12a
Amplitude of lateral head (ALH) (μm) 0.57d 0.49d 0.66c 0.73b 0.84a 0.65c 0.39e
Beat cross frequency (BCF) (Hz) 4.28bc 4.61bc 3.94c 5.54a 4.44bc 5.05ab 1.46d
Wobble (%) 55.59c 54.20c 64.41b 55.78c 67.42b 56.13c 88.33a
Viability (%) 90.37 90.02 91.47 91.99 92.84 90.99 80.74
Means in the same row with different superscripts are significantly (p < 0.05) different.
Treatments are % watermelon in dextrose saline diluents: T1 is undiluted semen (positive control); T2, 10%; T3, 20%; T4, 30%; T5, 40%; T6, 50%; T7, 0%.