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Table 4 Number of corpora lutea in cycling sheep at a high altitude

From: Fertility in a high-altitude environment is compromised by luteal dysfunction: the relative roles of hypoxia and oxidative stress

Experimental group

Number of corpora lutea

LL

1.33 ± 0.52

LLV

1.17 ± 0.41

LH

1.33 ± 0.52

LHV

1.50 ± 0.55

HH

1.17 ± 0.41

HHV

1.33 ± 0.52

  1. LL: low altitude native sheep maintained at a low altitude, without vitamin supplementation; LLV: low altitude native sheep maintained at a low altitude, supplemented with vitamins; LH: low altitude native sheep taken to a high altitude, without vitamin supplementation; LHV: low altitude native sheep taken to a high altitude, supplemented with vitamins; HH: high altitude native sheep maintained at a high altitude, without vitamin supplementation; HHV: high altitude native sheep maintained at a high altitude, supplemented with vitamins.