Effects of various mastitis treatments on the reproductive performance of cows

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Table 7 Total antioxidant status of blood (mM/L) on days 0 and 7 after mastitis diagnosis (mean ± SD)

Group	n	0			7			TAS changes
Control	15	0.17	±	0.07	0.15	±	0.10^ab	—0.02	±	0.09^j
Cured	26	0.16	±	0.08	0.22	±	0.10	0.07	±	0.10^k
Antibiotic +NSAID	8	0.14	±	0.06	0.15	±	0.06^ab	0.01	±	0.11
Antibiotic + antioxidants	9	0.19	±	0.10	0.29	±	0.05^a	0.10	±	0.08
Antibiotic + lysozyme	9	0.14	±	0.06	0.21	±	0.12^ab	0.07	±	0.11
Prolonged	19	0.14	±	0.11	0.20	±	0.11	0.06	±	0.16^k
Antibiotic +NSAID	7	0.12	±	0.07	0.12	±	0.11^b	0.01	±	0.13
Antibiotic + antioxidants	6	0.15	±	0.19	0.28	±	0.08^a	0.14	±	0.23
Antibiotic + lysozyme	7	0.14	±	0.06	0.19	±	0.09^a	0.05	±	0.08
Total	60	0.15	±	0.09	0.19	±	0.11	0.04	±	0.12
SEM		0.011			0.014			0.016
P value
Control vs. cured and prolonged ^(j,k)		0.55			0.12			0.07
Control vs. treated groups ^(a;b)		0.77			< 0.01			0.08

SEM Standard error of means, TAS changes Total antioxidant changes from day 0 to 7
Different symbols for condition (control vs. cured and prolonged treatments [j,k]) and groups (control As. treated groups [a,b]) are indicated as significant differences (P < 0.05)

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