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

Table 3

Age-dependent variation in hormonal concentration and biochemical constituents of blood plasma (18th wk) in different breeds of Indian native hen (mean ± S.E.M, 𝑛=6).

Group	Estrogen (pg/mL)	Progesteron (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	133.27^c±2.29	1.33±0.27 NS	2.69±0.59 NS	11.97^a±0.73	1.58^ab±0.26	40.69^a±4.09	37.79±1.49 NS	5.59^c±0.46
KN	68.97^b±2.80	1.23±0.22 NS	2.85±0.36 NS	13.51^ab±0.84	3.48^b±0.19	43.48^a±3.82	35.42±1.16 NS	3.64^b±0.26
AP	3.65^a±1.88	1.10±0.48 NS	3.14±0.36 NS	14.90^b±1.20	1.22^a±0.16	54.92^b±4.25	31.62±2.08 NS	1.35^a±0.83

Mean values bearing the same superscripts in a column do not differ significantly (𝑃<.05).
NS: nonsignificant.