PARAMETERS | PROESTRUS (9 a.m.) | PROESTRUS (6 p.m.) | ||||||||
Doses (mg/kg b.wt) | Doses (mg/kg b.wt) | |||||||||
Control | β estradiol | 200 mg/kg | 400 mg/kg | 800 mg/kg | Control | β estradiol | 200 mg/kg | 400 mg/kg | 800 mg/kg | |
Ovarian Weight | 0.038 ± 0.00 | 0.05 ± 0.001** | 0.04 ± 0.00 | 0.046 ± 0.00 | 0.052 ± 0.00** | 0.041 ± 0.00 | 0.04 ± 0.00 | 0.041 ± 0.00 | 0.04 ± 0.00 | 0.04 ± 0.00 |
Number of ova shed | 7.4 ± 0.5 | 9.2 ± 0.37** | 8.8 ± 0.37* | 9.2 ± 0.2** | 9.6 ± 0.24** | 8.6 ± 0. 24 | 9.6 ± 0.24 | 8.8 ± 0.2 | 9 ± 0.31 | 9.6 ± 0.4 |
Hemorrhagic points | 9.4 ± 0.24 | 11.2 ± 0.2** | 10.8 ± 0.37 | 11 ± 0.44 * | 11.2 ± 0.37* | 11.2 ± 0.37 | 11.8 ± 0.2 | 12 ± 0.54 | 11.8 ± 0.66 | 12 ± 0.63 |