Camel filariasis (Dipetalonema evansi) and its association with clinical balanoposthitis with reference to prominent changes in clinical findings, serum testosterone, semen analysis, and testicular histopathology

Table 6 Mean values (M ± SD) of either normal or abnormal sperm percentages in Cont^gr (n = 30), OnlyBp^gr (n = 210) and BpFl^gr (n = 10) male camels

	Cont^gr	OnlyBp^gr	BpFl^gr
Sperm vitality	58.45 ± 5.11^a	40.70 ± 5.14^b	38.82 ± 4.38^b
Sperm abnormalities	17.23 ± 2.4^b	25.85 ± 3.76^a	27.55 ± 4.13^a

Cont^gr: Control healthy group. OnlyBp^gr: Only balanoposthitis without filariasis group. BpFl^gr: Balanoposthitis-filariasis infected camels group. ^abMeans within the same row with different superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05) in different male camels’ groups

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