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Table 5 Effects of melatonin implantation on melatonin and prolactin content of muscle and viscera in Inner Mongolian cashmere goats1

From: Effects of melatonin implantation on carcass characteristics, meat quality and tissue levels of melatonin and prolactin in Inner Mongolian cashmere goats

Items

Longissimus dorsi

Biceps femoris

Gluteus

Kidney

Heart

Spleen

Lung

Liver

Melatonin, pg/mg

Group C

2.74 ± 0.70

2.56 ± 0.67

2.19 ± 0.37

1.99 ± 0.18

2.43 ± 0.50

3.45 ± 0.40

6.23 ± 0.26

2.44 ± 0.70

Group MM

2.65 ± 0.17

2.61 ± 0.99

1.96 ± 0.40

1.42 ± 0.26

2.19 ± 0.53

3.65 ± 0.64

4.16 ± 0.35

3.22 ± 0.80

Group MJ

2.56 ± 0.30

2.70 ± 0.63

1.93 ± 0.46

1.84 ± 0.65

1.64 ± 0.23

3.59 ± 0.40

4.14 ± 0.36

4.08 ± 0.82

Prolactin, ng/mg

Group C

0.89 ± 0.09

1.10 ± 0.18

0.90 ± 0.08

1.18 ± 0.12

0.77 ± 0.13

0.61 ± 0.07

0.31 ± 0.03

0.86 ± 0.14

Group MM

1.01 ± 0.27

1.09 ± 0.27

0.89 ± 0.08

0.86 ± 0.06

0.84 ± 0.10

0.51 ± 0.06

0.61 ± 0.06

0.74 ± 0.18

Group MJ

0.94 ± 0.08

0.93 ± 0.06

0.90 ± 0.13

1.16 ± 0.20

0.92 ± 0.11

0.57 ± 0.07

0.55 ± 0.06

0.76 ± 0.11

  1. 1 Values are means of six replicates per treatment. Group C = controls, Group MM = melatonin implanted in May group, Group MJ = melatonin implanted in June
  2. a, b Mean in the same column of each item with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05)