. 2023 Oct 30;16:84–95. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2023.10.002

Table 7.

Effects of water treatment and breed × water treatment on ruminal fluid butyrate concentration, blood concentrations of total hemoglobin, creatine kinase, and aldosterone in yearling goat doelings and hair sheep ewe lambs.

Item	Animal type¹	Water treatment²						SEM
Item	Animal type¹	FR	100-BR	100-SL	150-BR	150-SL	150-BR/SL	SEM
Ruminal fluid
Butyrate, molar %	ANG	6.03	6.63	6.23	7.49	6.61	5.31	0.532
	BOE	6.45	6.30	6.21	6.36	6.00	5.78	0.414
	SPA	6.80	6.31	6.03	7.13	6.42	6.29	0.374
	DOR	7.34	7.41	7.41	7.04	6.90	7.31	0.237
	KAT	6.89^ab	7.07^b	7.14^b	6.32^a	6.70^ab	7.23^b	0.309
	STC	7.61	7.88	7.36	7.28	7.81	7.40	0.287
Blood constituents
tHb, g/dL	Mean	10.0^ab	9.9^a	10.2^ab	10.5^b	10.2^ab	9.7^a	0.24
Creatine kinase, U/L	ANG	358^c	137^a	132^a	164^ab	154^ab	262^bc	57.6
	BOE	170^b	168^b	151^ab	133^a	147^ab	148^ab	14.0
	SPA	112	114	116	107	113	101	10.0
	DOR	87	90	87	83	74	72	8.9
	KAT	69	73	80	81	79	97	11.1
	STC	88	82	82	90	77	82	8.2
Aldosterone, pg/mL	Mean	151^b	104^a	90^a	86^a	92^a	102^a	16.7

SEM = pooled standard error of the mean for the water treatment effect; tHb = total hemoglobin.

^a,b,cMeans within grouping without a common superscript letter differ (P < 0.05).

ANG = Angora goats; BOE = Boer goats; SPA = Spanish goats; DOR = Dorper sheep; KAT = Katahdin sheep; STC = St. Croix sheep.

FR = fresh water; 100-BR = brackish water (BR); 100-SL = NaCl added to FR for a similar total dissolved solids (TDS) level as 100-BR; 150-BR = 100-BR plus addition of approximately 50% of 100-BR TDS; 150-SL = NaCl added to FR for a similar TDS level as 150-BR; 150-BR/SL = a similar TDS level as 150-BR and 150-SL by addition to 100-BR of a 1:1 mixture of BR minerals and NaCl.