Fig. 5

Faecal worm egg counts (a) and blood eosinophils numbers (b) in ewes during the transition period and the effect of magnesium supplementation. The antilogarithmic values of log-transformed faecal egg counts were compared with two-way ANOVA test and Sidak multiple comparisons test. Mean ± SEM, (control group n = 9, Mg group n = 10). For the eosinophil numbers, significant time-dependent differences (P ≤ 0.05) are indicated by different capital letters in the Mg group