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. 2012 Apr 29;2012:139589. doi: 10.1155/2012/139589

Table 2.

Dose dependent effect of progesterone on lymphocyte proliferation in vitro in Murrah buffaloes of different sex and age.

Age group Sex Progesterone concentration (ng/mL) Sex* group mean Group mean Sex mean
10 100 500 1000
Group-I Male 0.98 ± 0.03 0.90 ± 0.03 0.92 ± 0.02 0.86 ± 0.01 0.91 ± 0.01 0.92 ± 0.01 0.90 ± 0.01 (Male)
Female 0.99 ± 0.07 0.96  ±0.04 0.93 ± 0.02 0.83 ± 0.04 0.92 ± 0.02
Group-II Male 1.09 ± 0.07 1.07  ±0.05 0.87 ± 0.03 0.73 ± 0.02 0.94 ± 0.03 0.94 ± 0.01
Female 1.01 ± 0.01 1.00 ± 0.04 0.89 ± 0.02 0.76 ± 0.01 0.94 ± 0.02 0.97 ± 0.01 (Female)
Group-III Male 1.06 ± 0.05 0.89 ± 0.04 0.77 ± 0.04 0.71 ± 0.05 0.86 ± 0.03 0.96 ± 0.01
Female 1.14 ± 0.07 1.07 ± 0.05 1.05 ± 0.05 0.99 ± 0.03 1.06 ± 0.02
Treatment mean 1.06a ± 0.02 0.98b ± 0.02 0.90c ± 0.02 0.81d ± 0.02

Values with different superscript within same row differ significantly (P < 0.05). CD at t 5%: sex: 0.03, treatment: 0.05, sex* group: 0.06 and sex* group* treatment: 0.123.