Table 1.

Effects of dexamethasone on serum progesterone and estrogen concentrations in pregnant Sahel goat

Gestation Period (Days)	Progesterone(ng/ml)		Estrogen(pg/ml)
	DTG (N = 9)	NDG (N = 9)	DTG (N = 9)	NDG (N = 9)
0	0.10 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.01	7.32 ± 0.25	7.30 ± 0.25
14	6.33 ± 0.45	6.32 ± 0.50	2.27 ± 0.29	2.28 ± 0.30
28	7.22 ± 0.30	7.24 ± 0.30	2.43 ± 0.50	2.44 ± 0.38
42	7.26 ± 0.71	7.28 ± 0.55	28.85 ± 0.44	29.16 ± 0.47
56	11.17 ± 0.54	11.18 ± 0.49	86.71 ± 0.55	87.0 ± 0.20
70	11.32 ± 0.26	11.31 ± 0.23	90.9 ± 0.60	91.3 ± 0.20
84	12.25 ± 0.30	12.27 ± 0.30	112.33 ± 1.20	111.35 ± 1.19
98	11.64 ± 0.50	11.64 ± 0.50	117.43 ± 1.22	116.45 ± 1.20
112	11.60 ± 0.51	11.60 ± 0.51	119.30 ± 3.25	120.33 ± 3.10
126	9.37 ± 0.0.25	9.37 ± 0.0.25	210.46 ± 1.31	209.48 ± 1.30
140	8.12 ± 0.36	8.12 ± 0.36	223.90 ± 2.33	225.51 ± 1.21

DTG Dexamethasone treated, NDG Non dexamethasone treated (Control), N Sample size. There was no significant (p > 0.05) variation in progesterone and estrogen concentrations between dexamethasone treated group and the control group