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Table 9 Treatment means with SE1 for red blood cell (RBC) number, whole blood haemoglobin (Hgb) concentrations, and haematocrit (%) pre (-0.25 h) and post-transport (0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24 h).

From: Effect of road transport for up to 24 hours followed by twenty-four hour recovery on live weight and physiological responses of bulls

Transport

-0.25 h pre

0 h post

1 h post

2 h post

4 h post

6 h post

8 h post

12 h post

24 h post

SE1

Effect of time2

RBC (× 106/μL)

J 0

10.0a

9.3b

8.8b

8.8b

9.1b

9.3b

8.8b

9.1b

9.0b

0.25

P = 0.02

J 6

9.4

9.5

9.5

9.4

9.2

9.2

9.0

9.1

8.7

0.30

P = 0.58

J 9

9.3

9.6

9.6

9.5

9.3

9.2

9.3

9.4

9.1

0.40

P = 0.993

J 12

9.6

9.5

9.7

9.8

9.6

9.4

9.4

9.4

9.0

0.30

P = 0.823

J 18

9.9

9.8

9.8

9.8

10.1

9.8

9.9

10.0

9.2

0.29

P = 0.75

J 24

8.8

8.9

9.1

9.2

9.0

8.7

8.8

8.9

8.7

0.25

P = 0.81

Hgb (g/dL)

J 0

11.2a

10.4b

10.0b

9.8b

10.1b

10.2b

9.7b

9.9b

9.9b

0.28

P = 0.01

J 6

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

9.7

9.6

9.5

9.6

9.3

0.24

P = 0.35

J 9

9.5

9.5

9.7

9.5

9.3

9.3

9.2

9.6

9.2

0.26

P = 0.887

J 12

9.9a

9.8ab

10.1ab

10.1ab

9.9ab

9.7ab

9.9ab

9.8ab

9.3b

0.18

P = 0.120

J 18

10.1

10.0

10.1

10.0

10.1

9.9

9.8

10.1

9.1

0.26

P = 0.15

J 24

9.0

9.1

9.4

9.5

9.2

9.2

9.3

9.3

9.3

0.22

P = 0.86

Haematocrit (%)

J 0

33.9a

31.7b

29.8b

29.5b

30.3b

30.3b

29.1b

30.2b

29.7b

0.94

P = 0.02

J 6

30.4a

31.2ab

31.1ab

30.8ab

29.9ab

29.7ab

29.2ab

29.5ab

27.6b

0.78

P = 0.05

J 9

28.5

29.7

29.8

29.2

28.7

28.3

28.5

28.9

27.7

0.94

P = 0.87

J 12

29.9a

30.0ab

30.4ab

30.4ab

29.7ab

29.1ab

29.1ab

29.0ab

27.9b

0.66

P = 0.20

J 18

30.1

29.9

30.1

29.5

30.6

29.8

29.8

30.5

28.0

0.88

P = 0.73

J 24

27.2

27.4

27.8

28.3

27.3

27.1

27.1

27.6

27.0

0.65

P = 0.93

  1. Control = J 0 not transported; animals transported for journey (J) durations of 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 hours (h) by road at a stocking density of 1.02 m2 per animal. a,b,within a row, means differ from pre-transport baseline (-0.25 h pre-transport) at P < 0.05. 1Standard error (SE). 2Effect of time (exact P value).