Human sperm is perceived as 'alien' by a woman's body and does produce an immune response within a woman's reproductive system. The immune system destroys quite a large percentage of sperm as they travel, as well as cleans up sperm that are unsuccessful. They are foreign cells, after all- despite being reproductive cells, they won't have the woman's DNA or proteins, so the body will attack them indiscriminately.
And a few thousand sperm being attacked by the immune system wouldn't cause a fever. There's not nearly enough to trigger a strong immune response, unless the woman has an allergy to some component of the semen. Sperm cells also don't reproduce on their own, interact directly with the other cells of the body (in a damaging way), or release toxins- unlike bacteria. Because of this, the woman's immune system treats them more like a benign foreign body, leisurely cleaning them up rather than as an invading force that requires a scorched-earth strategy.
Don't get me wrong, the AOZ stuff leaned heavily on the fantasy side of a lot of things, so I'd take anything they said with a grain of salt. Also, there hasn't been any studies (that I'm aware of) that have verified how long other species' sperm can live inside of a human. But until actual data is collected and reviewed, it would be unreasonable to dismiss the idea of animal sperm living in a woman's reproductive track for a short time the same has human sperm does (with the same mechanisms to clear them out).