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.