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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 ± 0.041a

2.71 ± 0.17b

3.53 ± 0.115c

NO (μmol/L)

4.861 ± 0.078b

4.37 ± 0.054a

3.14 ± 0.2a

SOD (u/ml)

196.12 ± 1.16 a

220.82 ± 1.51 b

249.4 ± 7.8c

Vit. C (mg/dl)

3.22 ± 0.01b

2.74 ± 0.035a

2.59 ± 0.05a

GSH (mg/dl)

2.57 ± 0.014b

2.40 ± 0.01a

2.15 ± 0.04a

Uric acid (mg/dl)

1.4 ± 0.01 a

1.71 ± 0.14 b

2.29 ± 0.08 c

  1. 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