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Table 4 Changes in mean concentration of Luteinizing hormone in prepubertal buffalo heifers following inoculation with Pasteurella multocida B: 2 and its immunogens (LPS and OMP)

From: Reproductive hormonal variations and adenohypophyseal lesions in pre-pubertal buffalo heifers inoculated with Pasteurella multocida type B: 2 and its immunogens

Time (hr)

Inoculated with PBS

Inoculated with P.multocida B:2

 

Inoculated with LPS extracted from P.multocida B:2

Inoculated with OMPs extracted from P.multocida B:2

Control –G1

Oral route –G2

Subcutaneous route - G3

Oral route- G4

Intravenous route – G5

Oral route- G 6

Subcutaneous route - G7

0

0.51 ± 0.01a

0.52 ± 0.01 a

0.53 ± 0.00a

0.49 ± 0.01a

0.48 ± 0.01a

0.52 ± 0.01a

0.51 ± 0.01a

2

0.50 ± 0.00a

0.43 ± 0.01b

0.43 ± 0.01b

0.48 ± 0.02ab

0.42 ± 0.01b

0.5 ± 0.01a

0.44 ± 0.01b

4

0.52 ± 0.01a

0.41 ± 0.00c

0.39 ± 0.01c

0.43 ± 0.01c

0.40 ± 0.00c

0.48 ± 0.01b

0.41 ± 0.01c

6

0.50 ± 0.01a

0.39 ± 0.01b

0.36 ± 0.01b

0.40 ± 0.00b

0.38 ± 0.02b

0.42 ± 0.02b

0.38 ± 0.01b

8

0.49 ± 0.01a

0.38 ± 0.01b

0.34 ± 0.01b

0.39 ± 0.01b

0.37 ± 0.00b

0.38 ± 0.01b

0.36 ± 0.01b

10

0.48 ± 0.01a

0.37 ± 0.01b

0.30 ± 0.00b

0.38 ± 0.01b

0.37 ± 0.01b

0.38 ± 0.02b

0.34 ± 0.02b

12

0.49 ± 0.01a

0.35 ± 0.02b

0.28 ± 0.01b

0.36 ± 0.01b

0.36 ± 0.01b

0.37 ± 0.01b

0.33 ± 0.01b

24

0.51 ± 0.01a

0.33 ± 0.00b

 

0.35 ± 0.02b

0.34 ± 0.01b

0.36 ± 0.01b

0.32 ± 0.01b

36

0.51 ± 0.00a

0.32 ± 0.01b

 

0.35 ± 0.01b

0.33 ± 0.01b

0.34 ± 0.02b

0.31 ± 0.01b

48

0.49 ± 0.02a

0.31 ± 0.01b

 

0.33 ± 0.01b

0.31 ± 0.01b

0.32 ± 0.00b

0.31 ± 0.02b

60

0.48 ± 0.01a

0.30 ± 0.00b

 

0.32 ± 0.01b

0.31 ± 0.02b

0.30 ± 0.00b

0.29 ± 0.01b

72

0.53 ± 0.00a

0.30 ± 0.00b

 

0.30 ± 0.00b

0.28 ± 0.01b

0.28 ± 0.01b

0.28 ± 0.02b

120

0.51 ± 0.01a

0.29 ± 0.01b

 

0.30 ± 0.01b

0.26 ± 0.01b

0.26 ± 0.01b

 

168

0.50 ± 0.01a

0.28 ± 0.01b

 

0.28 ± 0.01b

0.25 ± 0.01b

0.25 ± 0.01b

 

216

0.52 ± 0.01a

0.28 ± 0.02b

 

0.27 ± 0.01b

0.23 ± 0.0115b

0.24 ± 0.02b

 

264

0.50 ± 0.00a

0.27 ± 0.01b

 

0.25 ± 0.02b

0.22 ± 0.01b

0.22 ± 0.00b

 

312

0.51 ± 0.01a

0.26 ± 0.01b

 

0.24 ± 0.01b

0.22 ± 0.01b

0.22 ± 0.01b

 

360

0.50 ± 0.00a

0.24 ± 0.003b

 

0.24 ± 0.01 b

0.21 ± 0.01b

0.22 ± 0.01b

 

408

0.49 ± 0.01a

0.22 ± 0.01b

 

0.22 ± 0.01b

0.21 ± 0.003b

0.21 ± 0.003b

 

456

0.50 ± 0.01a

0.23 ± 0.01b

 

0.22 ± 0.01b

0.22 ± 0.01b

0.20 ± 0.003b

 

504

0.50 ± 0.01a

0.23 ± 0.01b

 

0.22 ± 0.01bc

0.20 ± 0.00c

0.2 ± 0.01bc

 
  1. All values are expressed as mean ± SE; a, b, c, d, e, f, g, values with superscript within rows are significantly different at P < 0.05