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Table 8.

Mean ± SEM of Seminiferous tubule diameter (STD), Total Leydig cell number (TLCN), and Percent mature Leydig cells (PMLC), per microscope field in alpacas of different age group.

Age	STD (μm)	TLCN	PMLC (%)
6–8	71.56 ± 6.21^a	17.29 ± 7.52^a	35 ± 12.4^a
9–11	73.33 ± 8.82^a	33.4 ± 9.30^a	27.3 ± 7.56^a
13–14	151.48 ± 15.19^b	43.72 ± 15.94^a	54.79 ± 12.03^a
15–16	127.85 ± 12.75^b	39.3 ± 7.38^a	50.85 ± 10.08^a
17–20	158.67 ± 14.6^b	54.23 ± 15.38^a	60.5 ± 17.2^a
22–30	221.2 ± 24.32^c	89.44 ± 23.62^a^,^b	80 ± 9.66^a
>36	196.43 ± 11.38^c	121.83 ± 17.9^b	87.33 ± 1.58^a

^a,b,c

Values with different subscripts within the same column are statistically different (p < 0.05).