Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Table 3 Number of ovarian follicles counted on day 5 after the 4 ^st administration (mean ± SEM,n = 8)

From: Leptin receptor signaling inhibits ovarian follicle development and egg laying in chicken hens

Types of follicles	Controls	Immunized
Large yellow follicles	4.2 ± 2.0^a	2.4 ± 2.5^a
Small yellow follicles	8.4 ± 2.6^a	4.8 ± 1.8^b
Large white follicles	19.2 ± 9.3^a	14.8 ± 8.0^a
Atretic follicle	0 ± 0^a	4.0 ± 0.9^b

Note: Values in the same row with different superscript letters differ significantly (^a-b, P < 0.05). Data are mean ± SEM (n = 8).

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