Validation of the Human Progesterone Assay Kit for Cattle as a Pregnancy Diagnosis Tool

Table 3

Overall result of progesterone concentration in the different samples and breeds of cows.

		No	Progesterone concentration in PG (ng/ml)		Progesterone concentration in NPG (ng/ml)
			(LSM ± SE)	Range	(LSM ± SE)	Range
Sample type	Plasma	40	23.14 ± 1.18	11.6–38	0.56 ± 1.31	0.1–1.2
	Serum-I	40	19.22 ± 1.18	9.6–37.5	0.46 ± 1.31	0.1–1.0
	Serum-II	40	15.57 ± 1.18	5.2–30.25	0.43 ± 1.31	0.1–1.0
Breed	Boran	20	18.71 ± 0.98	12.7–34.1	0.53 ± 1.09	0.1–1.2
	Crossbred	20	19.90 ± 0.98	11.6–38	0.30 ± 1.09	0.1–1.0

LSM = least square mean; SE = standard error of the mean; No = Number of observation; PG = pregnant; NPG=Non-regnant.