Effect of road transport for up to 24 hours followed by twenty-four hour recovery on live weight and physiological responses of bulls

Table 2 Water consumption (litres) per animal (n = 12 animals per treatment) during and after different transport journey (J) durations.

J duration (hour (h))	Water intake (litres) during transport	Distance travelled by road (km)	Post-transport (water intake (litres))
			0 - 4 h	5 - 12 h	13 - 24 h
0 h	4.1	0	20.2^a	4.5^b	0.0^b
6 h	5.0	280	8.0^a	3.5^b	0.5^b
9 h	5.0	435	11.5^a	1.5^b	6.0^b
12 h	0.0	582	8.5^a	6.5^ab	4.0^b
18 h	1.8	902	5.5^a	7.0^ab	3.0^b
24 h	3.9	1192	9.0^a	7.0^ab	1.0^c

Control = J 0 not transported (control); J 6, J 9, J 12, J 18 and J 24 = animals transported for journey durations of 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 hours by road at a stocking density of 1.02 m² per animal.
^a,b, within row means not having a common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05).

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