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Table 2 The concentration of CA-III in the plasma from female WL-chicken from 1 weeks of age until 93 weeks old.

From: Purification of chicken carbonic anhydrase isozyme-III (CA-III) and its measurement in White Leghorn chickens

Age (week)

n

CA-III

(ng/mL)

  

(mean ± SD)

1

16

60 ± 21*

3

15

141 ± 30

9

15

166 ± 30

12

15

174 ± 27

16

13

166 ± 40

21

10

141 ± 58

25

5

167 ± 53

31

5

159 ± 46

49

5

161 ± 39

63

10

161 ± 32

39

16

152 ± 43

73

13

146 ± 36

80

18

122 ± 30

93

7

105 ± 40*

  1. The plasma concentration of CA-III in female WL-chickens was 60 ng/mL at 1 weeks of age and increased about twofold between 1 and 3 weeks of age. After the initial increase, the plasma CA-III level did not change significantly from 3 to 80 weeks of age.
  2. *: p < 0.01.
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147