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Table 4 Least Square Means ± Standard Error of serum electrolytes and some metabolic variables in buffalo calves with abomasal impaction compared with clinically healthy controls

From: Significance of clinical observations and biochemical alterations in buffalo calves with dietary abomasal impaction

Variables

Control (n = 10)

Survivors (n = 11)

Non-Survivors (n = 9)

Sodium (mmol/L)

135.70 ± 0.45

135.55 ± 0.73

136.78 ± 0.465

Potassium (mmol/L)

4.52 ± 0.17c

3.00 ± 0.14b

2.21 ± 0.01a

Chloride (mmol/L)

99.40 ± 0.96c

81.73 ± 0.91b

70.33 ± 1.8a

Lactate (μg/ml)

219.40 ± 2.1a

330.45 ± 16.1b

690.00 ± 65.6c

Glucose (mmol/L)

3.35 ± 0.04c

3.00 ± 0.05b

2.61 ± 0.11a

Calcium (mmol/L)

2.42 ± 0.14b

1.93 ± 0.17a

1.84 ± 0.15a

Phosphorus (mmol/L)

1.27 ± 0.033

1.25 ± 0.030

1.26 ± 0.04

  1. a, b, c: Variables with different superscript in the same row are significantly different at P < 0.05