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Table 6 Treatment effects on haptoglobin, fibrinogen, creatine kinase (activity) and cortisol concentrations pre and post-transport in control and transported (RT and ULT) animals (n = 20 animals/treatment)

From: The effect of road and sea transport on inflammatory, adrenocortical, metabolic and behavioural responses of weanling heifers

Variable

d 0 pre-transport

d 2 Arrival in French lairage

D 3 post-12 h lairage

d 4 arrival in Spain

d 6 post-transport

d 8 post-transport

d 10 post-transport

d 34 post-transport

Haptoglobin (Hb binding capacity/L)

Control

1.49 ± 0.32ax

0.96 ± 0.22abx

0.84 ± 0.18abx

0.96 ± 0.16abx

0.92 ± 0.15abx

0.73 ± 0.12abx

0.55 ± 0.08bx

0.23 ± 0.04bx

RT

0.74 ± 0.22ax

0.84 ± 0.21abx

0.83 ± 0.20abx

1.25 ± 0.28abx

1.09 ± 0.25abx

0.94 ± 0.15abx

0.89 ± 0.12aby

0.28 ± 0.05by

ULT

0.81 ± 0.15ax

1.10 ± 0.18abx

1.08 ± 0.16abx

1.19 ± 0.18bx

1.02 ± 0.20abx

0.68 ± 0.15abx

0.68 ± 0.13abxy

0.39 ± 0.11by

Fibrinogen (mg/dL)

      

Control

870 ± 99.3ax

989 ± 73.0abx

863 ± 64.0abx

1004 ± 67.0abx

853 ± 90.8abx

879 ± 55.3abx

849 ± 60.0abx

580 ± 36.5bx

RT

729 ± 79.4ax

835 ± 91.0aby

757 ± 74.9abx

923 ± 93.8abx

991 ± 109.0abx

746 ± 57.0abx

519 ± 35.0by

583 ± 46.0bx

ULT

785 ± 89.6ax

875 ± 70.8abxy

780 ± 63.7abx

912 ± 83.3abx

972 ± 78.7abx

658 ± 38.0abx

481 ± 38.2by

531 ± 48.6bx

Creatine kinase (CK) (U/L)

       

Control

1391 ± 234.0ax

803 ± 176.0bx

679 ± 131.0bx

344 ± 49.0bx

434 ± 52.0bx

220 ± 19.6bx

2252 ± 28.2bx

580 ± 36.5bx

RT

812 ± 148.7ay

2058 ± 1630abx

531 ± 100.7abx

1215 ± 156.0abx

1222 ± 209.0aby

409 ± 105.0by

194 ± 28.0bx

583 ± 46.0bx

ULT

1379 ± 509.0axy

557 ± 101.0bx

578 ± 132.0bx

443 ± 81.0bx

1213 ± 199.0aby

375 ± 64.0bxy

340 ± 100.2bx

531 ± 48.6bx

Cortisol (ng/mL)

        

Control

19.21 ± 3.11abx

9.26 ± 1.35bx

11.77 ± 1.59abx

12.77 ± 2.19abx

12.82 ± 1.40abx

12.84 ± 2.74abx

12.46 ± 1.44abx

19.74 ± 2.23ax

RT

20.68 ± 2.70bx

16.78 ± 4.91abx

9.56 ± 1.08abx

12.09 ± 2.04abx

12.01 ± 2.19abx

10.60 ± 1.58abx

8.11 ± 0.89ax

26.25 ± 3.76bx

ULT

19.49 ± 1.82bx

15.36 ± 1.47abx

9.41 ± 1.67abx

14.64 ± 1.74bx

8.98 ± 0.85abx

9.79 ± 0.74abx

10.44 ± 1.39ax

20.63 ± 2.53bx

  1. The values are expressed as mean ± s.e. Control = not transported; RT (transported animals that remained on the transporter at the French lairage for 12 h) and ULT animals transported (transported animals that were unloaded at the French lairage for a 12 h rest period) at a stocking density of 0.93 m2 per animal;a,bWithin a row, means not having a common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05);x,ywithin a column at each sampling time point (day (d)), treatment means differ by P < 0.05. Data were analysed using SAS/STAT (9.1 (SAS Inst. Inc., Cary, NC, USA). The differences between means were tested using the Tukey-Kramer test for multiple comparisons.