Fig. 1

Total leukocyte, neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte and monocyte subsets counts in ewes during the transition period and the effect of magnesium supplementation. The two-way ANOVA test and Sidak multiple comparisons test were used for comparison between the different time points and groups. Significant time-dependent differences (P ≤ 0.05) are indicated by different small letters for the control group, capital letters for the Mg group and small italic letters for both groups. Mean ± SEM, (control group n = 9, Mg group n = 10)