Research Article

Age-Dependent Variation in Hormonal Concentration and Biochemical Constituents in Blood Plasma of Indian Native Fowl

Table 2

Age-dependent variation in hormonal concentration and biochemical constituents of blood plasma (12th wk) in different breeds of Indian native hen (Mean ± S.E.M, 𝑛 = 6 ).

GroupEstrogen (pg/mL)Progesterone (ng/mL)T3 (ng/mL)T4 (ng/mL)ACP (μmole/min./mg protein)ALP   (μmole/min./mg protein)GOT (n mole/min./mg protein)GPT (n mole/min./mg protein)

WLH 4 5 . 3 4 b ± 3 . 3 1 0 . 7 0 b ± 0 . 0 4 4 . 7 2 ± 0 . 1 5 NS 1 3 . 1 5 a b ± 1 . 8 4 1 . 2 5 b ± 0 . 1 9 4 0 . 3 1 a ± 4 . 1 9 3 5 . 6 9 b ± 1 . 0 6 3 . 7 9 b ± 0 . 3 5
KN 3 4 . 3 2 a ± 4 . 2 8 0 . 6 9 b ± 0 . 0 4 4 . 8 2 ± 0 . 4 0 NS 1 4 . 3 1 b ± 1 . 2 8 2 . 0 9 c ± 0 . 2 5 5 2 . 1 0 b ± 2 . 1 4 2 7 . 8 0 a ± 2 . 1 7 1 . 7 3 a ± 0 . 2 8
AP 3 2 . 7 7 a ± 1 . 1 6 0 . 5 5 a ± 0 . 0 5 4 . 9 1 ± 0 . 3 3 NS 1 2 . 4 9 a ± 1 . 2 9 0 . 8 0 a ± 0 . 1 2 6 5 . 2 2 c ± 2 . 7 0 2 7 . 0 1 a ± 2 . 3 4 1 . 6 3 a ± 0 . 1 2

Mean values bearing the same superscripts in a column do not differ significantly ( 𝑃 < . 0 5 ).
NS: nonsignificant.