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

Table 5 Effects of ingested E+ or E- Achnatherum inebrians on urine parameters of han sheep^a,b,c

Analysis		Percent of observed values(%)			χ²	P value
Analysis		E+	E-	Control	χ²	P value
pH	< 7.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	16.261	< 0.05
	7.0 to 8.0	14.3	14.3	83.3
	> 8.0	35.7	85.7	16.7
Occult blood	++	7.7	0.0	0.0	11.505	< 0.05
	+	76.9	28.6	30.8
	−	15.4	71.4	69.2
Leukocytes	+	7.1	0.0	0.0	1.977	>0.05
Leukocytes	−	92.9	100.0	100.0	1.977	>0.05
Urine protein	++	30.8	21.4	7.7	3.715	> 0.05
	+	30.8	57.1	53.8
	−	38.5	21.4	38.5
Ketone	+	33.3	14.2	15.4	8.983	< 0.05
Ketone	−	66.7	85.7	84.6	8.983	< 0.05

^aSamples were collected at 7:00 am on last three days of 5th week
^bE+ = drunken horse grass, Epichloë endophyte-infected; E- = drunken horse grass, endophyte-free
^c+ Means positve, ++ seriously positive, − negative

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