Table 3.

Semen Analysis: Minimal Standards of Adequacy

On at least two occasions:  
Ejaculate volume:

Sperm density:

Motility:

Forward progression:

Morphology:
1.5-5.0 mL

>20 million/mL

>60%

>2 (scale 0-4)

>60% normal
And:  
No significant sperm agglutination

No significant pyospermia

No hyperviscosity
 

Modified from Sigman, Lipshultz, L.I., and Howards, S.S.: Evaluation of the subfertile male. In: Infertility in the Male, 3rd edition. Edited by L.I. Lipshultz and S.S. Howards. St.Louis: Mosby-Year Book, 1997, p.174.

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