Table 1 pH values of fresh ejaculates (n = 20) of five peacock bucks at storage temperatures of 20 °and 37 °C at the specified examination times. Presented by arithmetic mean (x̄), standard deviation (SD), minimum and maximum (range)

7.02 ± 0.19

6.4–7.2

6.97 ± 0.20

6.4–7.2

6.83 ± 0.29

6.4–7.7

6.90 ± 0.20

6.4–7.2

6.70 ± 0.33

<  6.4–7.7

6.81 ± 0.21

6.4–7.2

6.55 ± 0.36

<  6.4–7.5

6.79 ± 0.19

6.4–7.0

6.50 ± 0.37

<  6.4–7.5

6.74 ± 0.26

<  6.4–7.0

6.42 ± 0.29

<  6.4–7.0

6.69 ± 0.24

<  6.4–7.0

6.42 ± 0.29

<  6.4–7.0