Effects of herbal nutraceuticals and/or zinc against Haemonchus contortus in lambs experimentally infected

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 6 Antioxidant status in lambs infected with H. contortus in the experimental groups

Parameter	Day	C	Hmix	Zn	Hmix+Zn	SD
							Treatment	Time	Treatment × time
GPx	7	41.2	50.8	45.4	44.2	13.21	NS	***	NS
(U/mL)	35	20.3	23.4	29.3	24.7	8.59
	49	25.9	25.4	34.7	21.6	6.07
	70	28.1	40.1	42.8	30.4	8.20
MDA	7	0.234	0.214	0.209	0.196	0.063	*	**	NS
(μmol/L)	35	0.225	0.225	0.214	0.188	0.046
	49	0.259	0.248	0.271	0.267	0.049
	70	0.299	0.195	0.190	0.217	0.060
TAC	7	0.292	0.254	0.276	0.258	0.042	NS	***	NS
(mmol/L)	35	0.292	0.290	0.262	0.288	0.029
	49	0.319	0.318	0.309	0.338	0.025
	70	0.337	0.340	0.333	0.347	0.029
SH groups	7	0.291	0.287	0.299	0.296	0.030	**	***	NS
(mmol/L)	35	0.329	0.369	0.352	0.344	0.034
	49	0.316	0.333	0.390	0.332	0.037
	70	0.326	0.347	0.388	0.368	0.050

C control, Hmix Herbmix, Zn Zn-glycinate, Hmix + Zn Herbmix and Zn-glycinate, GPx blood glutathione peroxidase, MDA serum malondialdehyde, TAC total antioxidant capacity, SH sulfhydryl, NS not significant
* P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001

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