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

Table 5

Age-dependent variation in hormonal concentration and biochemical constituents of blood plasma (30th 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	79.44^a±9.81	3.95^a±0.19	0.86±0.10 NS	13.79±1.21 NS	3.31^b±0.22	20.76^a±5.13	52.15±1.49 NS	19.66^c±1.65
KN	107.70^c±3.90	4.50^b±0.51	0.98±0.08 NS	14.04±0.91 NS	3.97^b±0.16	28.11^ab±2.40	51.82±1.05 NS	14.06^b±0.95
AP	96.56^b±4.94	3.64^b±0.32	0.99±0.23 NS	14.60±0.81 NS	2.78^a±0.22	32.10^b±3.37	50.46±0.75 NS	9.78^a±1.15

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