Table 5 Treatment means (n = 12 animals per treatment) with SE¹ for plasma urea, βHB and creatine kinase activity pre (-0.25 h) and post-transport (0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24 h).

Urea (mmol/L)

J 0

2.3^a

4.1^b

4.1^b

4.3^b

4.6^b

4.6^b

4.3^b

3.5^b

2.9^ab

0.29

P = 0.001

J 6

2.4^a

2.9^b

3.0^b

3.2^b

3.7^b

4.2^b

4.5^b

4.4^b

3.6^ab

0.14

P = 0.001

J 9

3.2^a

3.5^b

3.6^b

3.9^b

4.1^ab

4.4^ab

4.3^ab

3.7^ab

2.9^ab

0.25

P = 0.001

J 12

3.3^a

4.1^b

4.3^b

4.5^b

4.8^b

4.7^b

4.2^b

3.5^ab

2.6^ab

0.19

P = 0.001

J 18

2.2^a

4.3^b

4.5^b

4.6^b

4.8^b

4.5^b

4.0^b

3.2^b

2.3^ab

0.17

P = 0.001

J 24

2.4^a

5.4^b

5.4^b

5.5^b

5.7^b

5.7^b

5.4^b

4.3^b

2.8^ab

0.27

P = 0.001

βHB (mmol/L)

J 0

0.18^a

0.22^ab

0.20^ab

0.19^ab

0.25^ab

0.29^b

0.36^b

0.28^b

0.29^b

0.03

P = 0.001

J 6

0.17^a

0.16^ab

0.17^ab

0.22^b

0.25^b

0.25

0.25^b

0.24^b

0.26^b

0.01

P = 0.001

J 9

0.18^a

0.16^ab

0.19^ab

0.25^b

0.31^b

0.32^b

0.30^b

0.28^b

0.30^b

0.02

P = 0.001

J 12

0.20^a

0.16^ab

0.17^ab

0.23^ab

0.28^b

0.30^b

0.29^b

0.25^b

0.32^b

0.15

P = 0.001

J 18

0.18^b

0.20^ab

0.14^ab

0.18^ab

0.20^ab

0.28^b

0.27^b

0.28^b

0.31^b

0.02

P = 0.001

J 24

0.20^a

0.18^ab

0.14^ab

0.17^ab

0.22^ab

0.27^ab

0.36^b

0.39^b

0.34^b

0.20

P = 0.001

CK (U/L)

J 0

159.6^a

437.1^b

511.4^b

551.4^b

552.4^b

524.8^b

483.6^b

430.4^ab

381.0^ab

60.3

P = 0.86

J 6

160.6^a

377.9^ab

443.9^ab

521.1^ab

627.0^b

691.4^b

605.6 ^b

487.42^b

427.2^ab

69.5

P = 0.44

J 9

242.2^a

428.3^ab

522.7^b

469.7^ab

511.1^ab

469.0^ab

357.4^ab

364.5^ab

319.6^ab

286.0

P = 0.53

J 12

187.7^a

368.5^ab

398.2^ab

548.3^b

545.0^b

497.3^b

494.8^b

431.7^b

404.6^ab

77.5

P = 0.04

J 18

159.6^a

472.9^ab

497.1^ab

467.1^b

445.3^b

477.9^b

475.7^b

437.5^b

393.4^ab

124.0

P = 0.17

J 24

162.3^a

496.20^b

545.7^b

598.6^b

598.7^b

600.0^b

631.6^b

552.0^b

340.3^ab

92.8

P = 0.02