Mating Season Influences Placental Characteristics, Plasma IGF Concentration, and mRNA Expression without Affecting Lamb Birth Weight in Akkaraman Ewes

Table 3

Morphometric characteristics and various efficiency traits of placenta and cotyledons (means ± SEM).

Traits		Seasons
		Breeding	Out-of-breeding
PE		20.0 ± 1.1	23.3 ± 2.3
CE		18.7 ± 1.1	22.0 ± 2.3
CD		0.3 ± 0.02	0.3 ± 0.02
VCE		42.2 ± 3.6^b	60.6 ± 7.5^a
CV (mm^3)		1.8 ± 0.3	1.6 ± 0.2
CSA (mm^2)		4.6 ± 0.6	4.2 ± 0.3
ACWi (mm)		21.6 ± 1.2	20.2 ± 0.7
ACL (mm)		27.1 ± 2.4	26.4 ± 2.8
ACDe (mm)		3.9 ± 1.5	5.6 ± 2.1
CWi (mm)	SC	13.8 ± 0.5	14.5 ± 0.6
	MC	22.8 ± 1.5	19.4 ± 0.7
	LC	28.1 ± 1.5	27.8 ± 1.2
CL (mm)	SC	17.31 ± 0.9	18.5 ± 0.5
	MC	27.9 ± 1.2	25.1 ± 0.8
	LC	36.0 ± 1.2	35.5 ± 1.7
CDe (mm)	SC	2.9 ± 0.2	3.2 ± 0.2
	MC	4.1 ± 0.3	3.9 ± 0.2
	LC	4.6 ± 0.2^a	3.7 ± 0.2^b
CSA (mm^2)	SC	53.7 ± 7.9	48.5 ± 7.3
	MC	154.0 ± 35.1	99.4 ± 19.8
	LC	99.6 ± 13.2	104.7 ± 17.8

^a,bDifferent superscript letters in the same line indicate a significant difference, . PE = placental efficiency, CE = cotyledon efficiency, VCE = volumetric cotyledon efficiency, CV = cotyledon volume, CSA = cotyledons surface area, ACWi = average cotyledon width, ACL = average cotyledon length, ACDe = average cotyledon depth, CWi = cotyledon width, CL = cotyledon length, CDe = cotyledon depth, SC = small cotyledon, MC = medium cotyledon, and LC = large cotyledon.