Table 2 Changes in mean concentration of Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in prepubertal buffalo heifers following inoculation with Pasteurella multocida B: 2 and its immunogens (LPS and OMP)

218.5 ± 3.4^ab

214.2 ± 0.1^ab

218.2 ± 0.01^a

221.6 ± 2.1^a

212.8 ± 0.2^ab

215.7 ± 0.1^ab

205.7 ± 0.3^c

222.6 ± 3.6^a

169.1 ± 0.0^b

155.4 ± 1.1^b

207.5 ± 0.2^c

201.6 ± 0.0^c

186.1 ± 1.9^d

154.9 ± 0.2^b

222.2 ± 6.1^a

152.7 ± 0.02^b

155.4 ± 0.0^b

186.2 ± 0.01^c

181.6 ± 0.01^c

173.8 ± 0.1^d

157.2 ± 0.0^b

217.4 ± 3.4^a

148.6 ± 1.1^b

140.1 ± 1.0^c

170.7 ± 1.0^d

167.5 ± 0.2^d

169.2 ± 2.1^d

139.5 ± 2.3^c

210.9 ± 10.7^a

144.9 ± 0.0^b

111.9 ± 0.1^c

164.1 ± 0.0^d

167.9 ± 2.1^d

165.5 ± 0.02^d

120.9 ± 2.1^e

209.9 ± 7.1^a

143.1 ± 0.1^b

86.5 ± 0.1^c

158.4 ± 0.2^d

147.7 ± 0.1^b

158.7 ± 0.0^d

119.6 ± 2.3^e

212.2 ± 2.9^a

130.8 ± 0.1^b

82.9 ± 0.0^c

151.5 ± 1.1^d

145.1 ± 0.0^e

158.3 ± 0.01^f

101.0 ± 0.8^g

217.4 ± 6.6^a

138.7 ± 1.0^b

148.0 ± 0.1^c

140.7 ± 0.2^b

147.4 ± 0.01^c

121.7 ± 0.0^d

217.9 ± 2.5^a

127.3 ± 0.0^b

137.7 ± 0.1^c

130.4 ± 0.3^d

134.6 ± 1.02^c

107.6 ± 0.02^e

215.1 ± 0.0^a

114.3 ± 5.7^b

129.7 ± 0.2^c

122.8 ± 1.1^d

126.8 ± 0.1^c

105.9 ± 0.0^e

218.5 ± 1.9^a

111.8 ± 0.1^b

113.8 ± 0.02^b

119.3 ± 0.01^c

108.3 ± 0.2^b

78.3 ± 1.9^d

220.0 ± 3.2^a

96.3 ± 1.1^b

110.2 ± 0.1^c

113.9 ± 0.2^c

110.1 ± 0.0^c

88.1 ± 0.0^d

214.9 ± 2.2^a

94.3 ± 0.9^b

109.9 ± 0.7^bd

106.9 ± 0.3^b

120.2 ± 1.1^bd

216.5 ± 8.5^a

84.7 ± 4.9^b

104.5 ± 0.6^cd

102.9 ± 1.2^c

112.6 ± 1.5^d

215.3 ± 5.8^a

91.2 ± 0.0^b

101.6 ± 1.2^c

98.4 ± 0.01^c

106.5 ± 1.2^d

218.9 ± 5.3^a

89.3 ± 0.2^b

100.4 ± 2.2^c

95.3 ± 2.1^b

100.6 ± 2.1^c

218.6 ± 3.6^a

85.7 ± 2.3^b

93.2 ± 0.01^c

88.9 ± 1.1^b

95.9 ± 0.2^c

218.6 ± 7.1^a

78.8 ± 1.0^b

85.3 ± 2.1^c

83.2 ± 2.1^c

99.9 ± 2.3^d

215.1 ± 0.1^a

77.3 ± 1.9^b

74.4 ± 0.02^b

76.1 ± 0.2^c

87.6 ± 4.7^c

216.5 ± 2.9^a

75.3 ± 0.3^b

62.1 ± 0.0^c

74.3 ± 0.3^b

76.7 ± 0.5^b

218.1 ± 4.8^a

74.1 ± 0.1^b

62.5 ± 0.02^c

72.2 ± 0.9^b

75.4 ± 0.7^b