Table 9.
Effect of different treatments on plasma hormone of aged broiler breeder roosters.
| Diets |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basal diet | Fish oil (2%) | Corn oil (2%) | Fish/corn oil (50:50%) | Fish oil+RLP1 | Corn oil+RLP | Fish/corn oil (50:50%)+ RLP | SEM pooled | P-value | |
| Hormones (in 0 D) | |||||||||
| LH | 4.44 | 4.71 | 4.68 | 4.11 | 4.55 | 4.77 | 4.37 | 0.23 | NS |
| FSH | 5.69 | 5.80 | 6.23 | 5.95 | 5.79 | 5.75 | 5.75 | 0.25 | NS |
| Testosterone | 3.08 | 3.62 | 3.11 | 2.79 | 2.91 | 3.97 | 3.15 | 0.23 | NS |
| Hormones (in 60 D) | |||||||||
| LH | 3.87c,d | 3.73c,d | 2.97d | 5.44b | 4.24c | 4.25c | 6.56a | 0.21 | <0.0001 |
| FSH | 6.51 | 6.81 | 6.40 | 5.81 | 6.49 | 6.62 | 6.77 | 0.24 | NS |
| Testosterone | 2.26b | 2.85b | 2.41b | 3.75a,b | 3.07b | 2.63b | 4.66a | 0.34 | 0.0003 |
FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; LH, luteinizing hormone.
a–d
Within rows, least squares (means ± S.E) with different superscripts significantly (P ≤ 0.05).
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