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Table 5 Least Square Means ± Standard error of selected pro-oxidant/antioxidant variables in buffalo calves with abomasal impaction compared with clinically healthy controls

From: Significance of clinical observations and biochemical alterations in buffalo calves with dietary abomasal impaction

Variables	Control (n = 10)	Survivors (n = 11)	Non-Survivors (n = 9)
MDA (μmol/L)	1.99 ± 0.041^a	2.71 ± 0.17^b	3.53 ± 0.115^c
NO (μmol/L)	4.861 ± 0.078^b	4.37 ± 0.054^a	3.14 ± 0.2^a
SOD (u/ml)	196.12 ± 1.16 ^a	220.82 ± 1.51 ^b	249.4 ± 7.8^c
Vit. C (mg/dl)	3.22 ± 0.01^b	2.74 ± 0.035^a	2.59 ± 0.05^a
GSH (mg/dl)	2.57 ± 0.014^b	2.40 ± 0.01^a	2.15 ± 0.04^a
Uric acid (mg/dl)	1.4 ± 0.01 ^a	1.71 ± 0.14 ^b	2.29 ± 0.08 ^c

^{a, b, c}: Variables with different superscript within the same row are significantly different at P < 0.05. MDA malondialdehyde, NO nitric oxide, SOD superoxide dismutase, Vit. C Vitamin C, GSH reduced glutathione

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