Changes of Androstenone Concentrations in Saliva of Boars with Age
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Animals
2.2. Post-Mortem Sample Collection
2.3. Saliva Sample Collection
2.4. MDGC-MS Analyses
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Effect of Age on Androstenone Concentrations in Saliva and Adipose Tissue of Boars
3.2. The Relationships between Studied Indicators
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Scheme 152 | 152 (n = 24) | 163 (n = 24) | 172 (n = 24) | |||
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Mean | SEM 1 | Mean | SEM 1 | Mean | SEM 1 | |
Live weight (kg) | 105.20 | 2.769 | 119.30 | 1.531 | 133.50 | 4.394 |
SMG 2 weight (g) | 23.30 B | 2.614 | 27.97 AB | 6.405 | 41.70 A | 4.800 |
Salivary AND 3 (μg/mL) | 0.001 B | 0.001 | 0.002 AB | 0.002 | 0.009 A | 0.005 |
Salivary α-AND 4 (μg/mL) | 0.012 | 0.006 | 0.019 | 0.007 | 0.026 | 0.032 |
Salivary β-AND 5 (μg/mL) | 0.017 | 0.002 | 0.022 | 0.008 | 0.018 | 0.004 |
Salivary AND 6 total (μg/mL) | 0.030 B | 0.009 | 0.043 AB | 0.012 | 0.053 A | 0.037 |
AND 3 in adipose tissue (μg/g) | 3.678 | 2.327 | 3.491 | 1.870 | 4.974 | 1.703 |
Item | Age | Body Weight | SMG 1 Weight | Salivary AND 2 | Salivary α-AND 3 | Salivary β-AND 4 | Salivary AND Total 5 |
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Age | 1.000 | ||||||
0.000 | |||||||
Body weight | 0.816 | 1.000 | |||||
0.001 | 0.000 | ||||||
SMG 1 weight | 0.902 | 0.872 | 1.000 | ||||
0.001 | 0.001 | 0.000 | |||||
Salivary AND 2 | 0.887 | 0.650 | 0.771 | 1.000 | |||
0.001 | 0.022 | 0.009 | 0.000 | ||||
Salivary α-AND 3 | 0.559 | 0.460 | 0.747 | 0.511 | 1.000 | ||
0.059 | 0.133 | 0.013 | 0.090 | 0.000 | |||
Salivary β-AND 4 | 0.358 | 0.404 | 0.857 | 0.341 | 0.468 | 1.000 | |
0.254 | 0.193 | 0.002 | 0.279 | 0.125 | 0.000 | ||
Salivary AND total 5 | 0.695 | 0.575 | 0.882 | 0.682 | 0.959 | 0.628 | 1.000 |
0.012 | 0.050 | 0.001 | 0.015 | 0.001 | 0.029 | 0.000 | |
AND 2 in adipose tissue | 0.328 | 0.617 | 0.274 | 0.263 | −0.200 | 0.024 | −0.083 |
0.298 | 0.033 | 0.443 | 0.410 | 0.534 | 0.941 | 0.797 |
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Pokorná, K.; Čítek, J.; Doležal, P.; Małopolska, M.; Tyra, M.; Okrouhlá, M.; Zadinová, K.; Šprysl, M.; Lebedová, N.; Stupka, R. Changes of Androstenone Concentrations in Saliva of Boars with Age. Animals 2022, 12, 157. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12020157
Pokorná K, Čítek J, Doležal P, Małopolska M, Tyra M, Okrouhlá M, Zadinová K, Šprysl M, Lebedová N, Stupka R. Changes of Androstenone Concentrations in Saliva of Boars with Age. Animals. 2022; 12(2):157. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12020157
Chicago/Turabian StylePokorná, Kamila, Jaroslav Čítek, Petr Doležal, Martyna Małopolska, Mirosłav Tyra, Monika Okrouhlá, Kateřina Zadinová, Michal Šprysl, Nicole Lebedová, and Roman Stupka. 2022. "Changes of Androstenone Concentrations in Saliva of Boars with Age" Animals 12, no. 2: 157. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12020157
APA StylePokorná, K., Čítek, J., Doležal, P., Małopolska, M., Tyra, M., Okrouhlá, M., Zadinová, K., Šprysl, M., Lebedová, N., & Stupka, R. (2022). Changes of Androstenone Concentrations in Saliva of Boars with Age. Animals, 12(2), 157. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12020157