Table 7. Rejection values are based on 14 738 first inseminations with semen extended in Triladyl with whole egg yolk and assessment of sperm viability by the FACSCount AF system. Numbers indicate the increase (percentage units) in 56 days nonreturn rate (NRR56), and numbers in parentheses indicate the percentage of ejaculates above the different rejection points

Raw semen   Viable sperm Postthaw, %   65%   70%   72.5%   75%   77.5%   80%   30   0.04   0.09   0.15   0.24   0.36   0.52     (98.4)   (95.6)   (91.7)   (84.9)   (75.0)   (62.1)   35   0.09   0.13   0.18   0.26   0.38   0.53     (96.2)   (93.8)   (90.3)   (84.1)   (74.5)   (61.9)   40   0.19   0.22   0.26   0.32   0.42   0.56     (91.1)   (89.5)   (86.7)   (81.3)   (72.7)   (60.9)   45   0.36   0.37   0.39   0.44   0.52   0.63     (81.7)   (80.8)   (79.0)   (75.1)   (68.2)   (58.1)   50   0.58   0.59   0.60   0.63   0.69   0.78     (67.7)   (67.2)   (66.3)   (63.9)   (59.4)   (51.9)