Effects of various mastitis treatments on the reproductive performance of cows

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Table 3 The effect of supportive therapy on time to first artificial insemination (AI), days open (DO) and service index per conception (S/C)

Group	n	AI			n	DO			n	S/C
Control	60	78.5^c	±	20.9^m,z,c	60	88.8	±	27.4^{n, z, c}	60	1.4	±	0.6^{m, z, c}
Antibiotics	157	92.4	±	27.1^y	157	119.8	±	43.7^y	157	1.9	±	1.0 ^y
First treatment	92	90.2	±	25.8^k	102	112.8	±	38.2^m	102	1.7	±	0.9 ^m
Prolonged treatment	65	95.6	±	28.8^k	54	132.9	±	50.3^k	54	2.3	±	1.1^k
First treatment
Antibiotic	20	102.6	±	28.9 ^ab	25	130.1	±	37.5^ab	25	1.8	±	0.8^abc
Antibiotic + antioxidants	25	78.6	±	21.9 ^c	25	99.16	±	34.6^bc	25	1.8	±	0.9^abc
Antibiotic + lysozyme dimer	23	82.0	±	24.6 ^bc	24	101.8	±	27.5^bc	24	1.7	±	0.8^bc
Antibiotic +NSAIDs	25	99.5	±	20.3 ^abc	28	118.9	±	43.5^abc	28	1.6	±	1.1^bc
Prolonged treatment
Antibiotic	21	108.9	±	31.4 ^a	16	155.7	±	64.8^a	16	2.4	±	1.3^ab
Antibiotic + antioxidants	14	80.6	±	23.5 ^bc	14	109.3	±	46.7^bc	14	1.9	±	0.9^abc
Antibiotic + lysozyme dimer	14	89.3	±	29.5 ^abc	13	130.5	±	43.0^ab	13	2.7	±	1.3^a
Antibiotic +NSAIDs	15	97.1	±	23.1 ^abc	12	132.3	±	26.0^ab	12	2	±	0.6^abc
SEM		1.78				2.86				0.06
P value
Control vs. first and prolonged treatments(^k,m,n)		0.001				< 0.001				< 0.001
Control vs. antibiotics (^y,z)		< 0.001				< 0.001				< 0.001
Control vs. treatments(^a,b,c)		< 0.001				< 0.001				< 0.001

n Number of observations, SEM Standard error of mean
Superscripts k,m,n in the same column indicate significantly different between control versus first treatment and prolonged treatment (P < 0.05)
Superscripts y,z in the same column indicate significantly different between control versus antibiotics (P < 0.05)
Superscripts a,b,c in the same column indicate significant different between control versus treatment groups (P < 0.05)

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