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

Table 4 RBC indices in two consecutive blood samples drawn before and 2 h after glucogenic administration

	SAMPLE TIME	MCV (fL)		MCH (pg)	MCHC (g/L)		RDW-SD (fL)
M100	00:00 h	34.36 ± 0.78	**	11.12 ± 0.23	324.40 ± 2.56	**	28.32 ± 0.84	*
M100	02:00 h	37.86 ± 0.58	**	11.20 ± 0.21	296.00 ± 5.74	**	32.24 ± 1.20	*
G100	00:00 h	36.02 ± 0.86	*	11.50 ± 0.29	319.60 ± 6.04	*	30.34 ± 0.61	*
G100	02:00 h	41.74 ± 1.55	*	11.58 ± 0.28	278.80 ± 11.3	*	37.06 ± 2.00	*
M75	00:00 h	37.24 ± 1.11	*	11.36 ± 0.29	304.80 ± 6.26	*	30.62 ± 1.20	*
M75	02:00 h	41.02 ± 1.10	*	11.46 ± 0.27	279.20 ± 7.29	*	35.48 ± 1.24	*
G75	00:00 h	33.44 ± 1.11	*	10.42 ± 0.34	311.40 ± 2.87	***	27.96 ± 1.01	*
G75	02:00 h	38.22 ± 1.47	*	10.60 ± 0.37	277.60 ± 3.08	***	33.86 ± 1.62	*
M50	00:00 h	37.32 ± 1.09		11.44 ± 0.29	307.00 ± 5.43		31.42 ± 1.29
M50	02:00 h	38.70 ± 0.84		11.40 ± 0.22	294.40 ± 4.64		33.36 ± 1.18
G50	00:00 h	33.34 ± 0.80		10.36 ± 0.30	310.60 ± 2.82	*	27.76 ± 0.98
G50	02:00 h	35.70 ± 1.37		10.42 ± 0.32	292.00 ± 3.56	*	29.38 ± 0.32
M25	00:00 h	34.70 ± 0.84		11.02 ± 0.28	318.20 ± 2.52		29.34 ± 0.99
M25	02:00 h	34.98 ± 0.80		10.90 ± 0.22	311.60 ± 1.78		29.22 ± 0.93
G25	00:00 h	36.76 ± 0.87		11.36 ± 0.18	309.60 ± 3.61		30.50 ± 1.13
G25	02:00 h	37.00 ± 0.51		11.42 ± 0.32	308.80 ± 3.53		30.50 ± 0.55

00:00 h: immediately before the morning administration of glucogenic mixture. MCV: defines the size of the red blood cells and is expressed as femtoliters (10⁻¹⁵; fl); MCH: quantifies the amount of haemoglobin per red blood cell and is expressed in picograms (pg); MCHC: indicates the amount of haemoglobin per unit volume and it is expressed as g/L of RBCs; RDW-SD: represents the coefficient of variation of the RBC volume distribution (size) and is expressed as femtoliters
* Asterisks indicate significant differences within the same group between time 00.00 and time 02.00: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001

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