. 2017 Mar 12;10(3):302–310. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2017.302-310

Table-2.

Mean plasma estradiol-17β concentrations during peripartum period in buffaloes under nutrients supplemented and control groups and subgroups.

Days perpartum	Plasma estradiol-17β concentration (pg/ml)

	Treatment group			Control group

	Subgroup-I (n=9)	Subgroup-II (n=9)	Pooled (n=18)	Subgroup-I (n=7)	Subgroup-II (n=7)	Pooled (n=14)
−60	44.33±4.23^b	46.00±2.57^c	45.17±2.41^c	45.71±2.44^c	48.86±3.34^b	47.29±2.03^b
−30	54.78±4.77^c	57.02±3.51^d	55.89±2.89^d	55.14±2.31^d	56.71±3.39^b	55.93±1.98^c
−15	76.67±4.04^d	76.44±3.42^e	76.56±2.57^e	72.43±1.53^e	71.00±3.56^c	71.71±1.87^d
0	143.11±4.55^e	146.56±5.00^f	144.83±3.31^f	147.71±3.93^f	145.56±6.24^d	146.79±3.55^e
15	19.89±2.54^a	21.33±2.89^a	20.61±1.87^a	20.86±1.65^a	21.29±2.37^a	21.07±1.39^a
30	25.33±1.94^a	25.67±1.79^ab	25.50±1.28^ab	29.00^x±1.53^b	21.00^y±2.02^a	25.00±1.65^a
45	28.33±3.07^a	32.89±2.97^b	30.61±2.15^b	25.86±2.55^ab	20.57±1.23^a	23.21±1.54^a
60	29.00±3.22^a	27.11±3.49^ab	28.06±2.32^b	27.71±3.95^ab	22.57±2.62^a	25.14±2.39^a

Subgroup-I=Micro-minerals 5 ml i/m, Subgroup-II=Micro-minerals control, Day 0=Day of calving. Means bearing uncommon superscripts within the column (abcdef) differ significantly between periods and those within the row (xy) differ significantly between sub-groups (p<0.05)