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Table 6 Treatment means (n = 12 animals per treatment) with SE1 for plasma haptoglobin, glucose and NEFA pre (-0.25 h) and post-transport (0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24 h).

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

Transport

-0.25 h pre

0 h post

1 h post

2 h post

4 h post

6 h post

8 h post

12 h post

24 h post

SE1

Effect of time2

Haptoglobin (Hgb binding capacity/L)

J 0

0.16 a

0.34ab

0.34ab

0.32ab

0.34ab

0.32ab

0.33ab

0.36ab

0.60b

0.09

P = 0.19

J 6

0.10

0.08

0.09

0.10

0.12

0.11

0.09

0.11

0.16

0.01

P = 0.0002

J 9

0.15

0.16

0.16

0.15

0.15

0.18

0.19

0.22

0.29

0.08

P = 0.96

J 12

0.10a

0.14ab

0.17b

0.14ab

0.13ab

0.13ab

0.14ab

0.17b

0.23b

0.02

P = 0.013

J 18

0.09a

0.16ab

0.15ab

0.13ab

0.14ab

0.14ab

0.14ab

0.14ab

0.26b

0.03

P = 0.03

J 24

0.05a

0.12ab

0.13ab

0.12ab

0.11ab

0.14b

0.24b

0.25b

0.41b

0.03

P = 0.0001

Glucose (mmol/L)

J 0

4.7a

4.1b

4.3ab

4.3ab

3.8b

4.0b

4.0b

4.1b

4.4ab

0.14

P = 0.002

J 6

4.7a

4.9ab

5.4b

5.4b

4.9ab

4.9ab

4.9ab

4.9ab

4.2ab

0.22

P = 0.01

J 9

4.4a

5.7b

5.5b

5.2b

4.7ab

4.6ab

4.4ab

4.3ab

4.3ab

0.15

P = 0.0001

J 12

4.8a

6.3b

6.0b

5.5b

5.3ab

4.9ab

4.8ab

4.6ab

4.7ab

0.20

P = 0.0001

J 18

4.7a

5.7b

5.9b

5.1ab

4.7ab

4.5ab

4.5ab

4.2ab

4.4ab

0.22

P = 0.0001

J 24

4.3a

5.8b

5.4b

5.1b

4.8ab

4.6ab

4.2ab

4.1ab

4.2ab

0.19

P = 0.0001

NEFA (μmol/L)

J 0

0.25a

0.88b

0.69b

0.42b

0.34ab

0.32ab

0.29ab

0.22ab

0.56b

0.05

P = 0.0001

J 6

0.26a

0.35ab

0.19ab

0.14ab

0.15ab

0.18ab

0.25ab

0.42b

0.23ab

0.04

P = 0.0001

J 9

0.24a

0.32ab

0.12b

0.09b

0.10b

0.13b

0.15ab

0.22ab

0.22ab

0.03

P = 0.0001

J 12

0.28a

0.32ab

0.12b

0.11b

0.12b

0.15b

0.21ab

0.21ab

0.35ab

0.03

P = 0.0001

J 18

0.19a

0.40b

0.17ab

0.16ab

0.23ab

0.30ab

0.25ab

0.30ab

0.55b

0.06

P = 0.0001

J 24

0.27a

0.44b

0.40b

0.25ab

0.22ab

0.22ab

0.15ab

0.13ab

0.48b

0.04

P = 0.0001

  1. Control = J 0 not transported; animals transported for journey (J) durations of 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 hours (h) by road at a stocking density of 1.02 m2 per animal. a,b,within a row, means differ from pre-transport baseline (-0.25 h pre-transport) at P < 0.05. 1Standard error (SE). 2Effect of time (exact P value).