Effects of herbal nutraceuticals and/or zinc against Haemonchus contortus in lambs experimentally infected

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 7 Mineral status of serum zinc, iron and copper concentrations (mg/L) in lambs infected with H. contortus in the experimental groups

Element	Day	C	Hmix	Zn	Hmix+Zn	SD	Significance of effects
							Treatment	Time	Treatment × time
Zinc	7	0.456	0.487	0.539	0.527	0.038	NS	**	**
	35	0.727	0.651	1.004	0.759	0.153
	49	0.751	0.693	0.834	0.740	0.059
	70	0.773	0.833	0.823	0.871	0.041
Iron	7	1.370	1.409	1.301	1.306	0.052	NS	*	NS
	35	0.970	1.267	1.537	1.151	0.238
	49	0.876	1.351	1.351	1.270	0.228
	70	1.284	1.827	1.773	1.744	0.251
Copper	7	0.601	0.641	0.637	0.701	0.041	NS	**	NS
	35	0.764	0.787	0.943	0.861	0.081
	49	0.753	0.759	0.814	0.816	0.034
	70	0.764	0.861	0.844	0.826	0.042

C control, Hmix Herbmix, Zn Zn-glycinate, Hmix + Zn Herbmix and Zn-glycinate, NS not significant * P < 0.01, ** P < 0.001

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