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Table 3.

Effect of castration and hormonal replacement

Groups	Treatments	EPI weight (g/100 g bw)	T (ng/ml)	E₂ (pg/ml)
Sham	Vehicle	0.27 ± 0.01^a,b	1.8 ± 0.30^a	142 ± 12^a
	T	0.30 ± 0.015^a	5.0 ± 0.67^b	Nontested
	E₂	0.23 ± 0.008^b	Nontested	490 ± 58^b
Cx	Vehicle	0.041 ± 0.007^c	0.20 ± 0.04^c	60 ± 12^a
	T	0.15 ± 0.024^d	7.9 ± 1.2^b	Nontested
	E₂	0.062 ± 0.010^c	Nontested	1009 ± 153^c
	T + E₂	0.17 ± 0.018^d	8.1 ± 1.0^b	793 ± 62^b,c

Data were analyzed with a two-way ANOVA, and differences between means were evaluated by the Tukey test. Different letters indicate significant differences between groups (P ≤ 0.05, n = 5).