Administration of glycerol-based formulations in sheep results in similar ovulation rate to eCG but red blood cell indices may be affected

Table 3 Plasma osmolality (Osm/kg) in consecutive blood samples drawn on D 3 of glucogenic mixture examinations

	00:00 h		00:30 h		01:00 h			01:30 h			02:00 h			03:00 h			04:00 h			10:00 h
M100	0.316 ± 0.002	a	0.331 ± 0.003	ab	0.351 ± 0.007	AB	bc	0.370 ± 0.007	A	c	0.359 ± 0.005	A	bc	0.373 ± 0.009	A	c	0.365 ± 0.007	A	c	0.326 ± 0.004	ab
G100	0.318 ± 0.005	a	0.340 ± 0.006	ab	0.364 ± 0.007	A	b	0.369 ± 0.012	A	b	0.361 ± 0.003	A	b	0.373 ± 0.010	A	b	0.369 ± 0.008	A	b	0.315 ± 0.001	a
M75	0.315 ± 0.003	a	0.332 ± 0.002	ab	0.343 ± 0.003	ABC	ab	0.355 ± 0.006	ABC	b	0.356 ± 0.005	A	b	0.357 ± 0.007	A	b	0.346 ± 0.005	A	ab	0.316 ± 0.001	a
G75	0.309 ± 0.003	a	0.326 ± 0.002	ab	0.350 ± 0.009	AB	b	0.357 ± 0.008	AC	bc	0.363 ± 0.008	A	c	0.363 ± 0.006	AB	c	0.358 ± 0.003	A	bc	0.309 ± 0.001	a
M50	0.302 ± 0.001		0.313 ± 0.003		0.317 ± 0.003	BC		0.323 ± 0.004	BD		0.322 ± 0.006	B		0.320 ± 0.004	C		0.311 ± 0.001	B		0.305 ± 0.000
G50	0.304 ± 0.006		0.316 ± 0.004		0.339 ± 0.009	ABC		0.331 ± 0.006	CD		0.324 ± 0.020	B		0.333 ± 0.006	BC		0.324 ± 0.006	B		0.309 ± 0.003
M25	0.316 ± 0.004		0.316 ± 0.001		0.321 ± 0.004	BC		0.320 ± 0.005	D		0.316 ± 0.004	B		0.313 ± 0.004	C		0.311 ± 0.004	B		0.317 ± 0.004
G25	0.306 ± 0.002		0.313 ± 0.003		0.311 ± 0.002	C		0.315 ± 0.006	D		0.316 ± 0.005	B		0.314 ± 0.001	C		0.311 ± 0.005	B		0.316 ± 0.003

Different letters indicate significant differences (GLM UNIANOVA; p < 0.001): upper-case letters indicate differences between groups within the same time point; lower-case letters indicate differences within the same group at different time points

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