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Table 4 Effects of ingested E+ or E- Achnatherum inebrians on heart rate and rectal temperatures of han sheep1, 2

From: Effects of feeding drunken horse grass infected with Epichloë gansuensis endophyte on animal performance, clinical symptoms and physiological parameters in sheep

Week

Heart rate (beats per minute)

Rectal temperature(°C)

E +

E -

Control

E +

E -

Control

0

70 ± 4.5

72 ± 3.1

72 ± 3.3

39.1 ± 0.2

39.0 ± 0.2

39.0 ± 0.2

1

78 ± 16.1

74 ± 6.2

70 ± 3.2

39.3 ± 0.3

39.1 ± 0.4

39.1 ± 0.1

2

81 ± 9.4a

71 ± 3.9b

69 ± 5.2b

38.5 ± 0.2b

39.0 ± 0.1a

39.0 ± 0.1a

3

79 ± 3.3a

72 ± 3.8b

72 ± 3.2b

39.8 ± 0.3a

39.1 ± 0.2b

39.3 ± 0.1b

4

73 ± 7.2

68 ± 5.7

67 ± 4.7

39.1 ± 0.2a

38.6 ± 0.4b

38.8 ± 0.2b

5

72 ± 1.5

70 ± 2.1

71 ± 4.9

39.6 ± 0.3a

38.7 ± 0.6b

38.9 ± 0.3b

  1. 1Data were recorded at 3 pm on Saturday of the 0, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th week
  2. 2E+ = drunken horse grass, Epichloë endophyte-infected; E- = drunken horse grass, endophyte-free
  3. a-bMeans within a row between three treatments not bearing a common superscript letter differ (P ≤ 0.05)