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

Table 4

Age-dependent variation in hormonal concentration and biochemical constituents of blood plasma (24th wk) in different breeds of Indian native hen (mean ± S.E.M, 𝑛=6).

Group	Estrogen (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	114.03^a±2.34	3.75^ab±0.37	1.23±0.20 NS	11.46^a±1.08	1.93^a±0.32	22.46^a±2.38	48.08±2.17 NS	16.96^b±1.20
KN	134.28^c±2.87	3.92^b±0.56	1.48±0.36 NS	12.35^a±0.90	3.79^b±0.22	30.82^b±1.64	46.70±1.75 NS	9.87^a±0.96
AP	126.07^b±2.60	2.90^a±0.71	1.52±0.50 NS	14.23^b±1.34	1.57^a±0.26	36.21^c±2.78	44.00±1.18 NS	7.50^a±0.53

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