The effects of intravenous, glucose versus saline on ovarian follicles and their levels of some mediators of insulin signalling

Table 2 Corpora lutea (CLs) and follicles

Phase	Treatment	CLs	Follicles
Phase	Treatment	CLs	Small	Medium	Large	Total
*Glucose (n = 17)*	Follicular (n = 8)	2.4 ± 0.32	26.0 ± 1.92^a	7.9 ± 0.78	2.0 ± 0.53	36.9 ± 3.57^a
*Glucose (n = 17)*	Luteal (n = 9)	3.1 ± 0.8	27.2 ± 3.65^a	10.8 ± 1.52	1.9 ± 0.42	39.9 ± 4.43^a
*Saline (n = 18)*	Follicular (n = 9)	1.8 ± 0.32	16.2 ± 0.99^b	6.9 ± 1.85	2.1 ± 0.48	25.5 ± 1.49^b
*Saline (n = 18)*	Luteal (n = 9)	2.9 ± 0.58	13.1 ± 1.67^b	10.1 ± 1.29	1.9 ± 0.45	25.1 ± 2.78^b

The mean ± SEM, number of corpora lutea (CLs) and follicles classified by diameter as small (1 to <2 mm) medium (2 to <3.5 mm) and large (>3.5 mm) of ewes during the follicular and luteal phases of the oestrous cycle and following a 72 h infusion of saline or glucose (10 mM/h). Within columns, values with different superscripts (a, b) are significantly different at P < 0.05.

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