Table 2.

The concentration of CA-III in the plasma from female WL-chicken from 1 weeks of age until 93 weeks old.

Age (week)	n	CA-III (ng/mL)
		(mean ± SD)
1	16	60 ± 21*
3	15	141 ± 30
9	15	166 ± 30
12	15	174 ± 27
16	13	166 ± 40
21	10	141 ± 58
25	5	167 ± 53
31	5	159 ± 46
49	5	161 ± 39
63	10	161 ± 32
39	16	152 ± 43
73	13	146 ± 36
80	18	122 ± 30
93	7	105 ± 40*

The plasma concentration of CA-III in female WL-chickens was 60 ng/mL at 1 weeks of age and increased about twofold between 1 and 3 weeks of age. After the initial increase, the plasma CA-III level did not change significantly from 3 to 80 weeks of age.

*: p < 0.01.