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Table 2.

Mean values (M ± SD) of temperature, pulse, respiration and rumen movements in control (n = 15) and treatment group (n = 15) she-camels during the transition period

Variables	Control			Treatment			Reference values
Variables	-21 day	0 day	+ 21 day	-21 day	0 day	+ 21 day	Reference values
Temperature (°C)	37.8 ± .0.3^a	37.5 ± .0.31^a	37.6 ± 0.29^a	38 ± 0.28^a	37.9 ± 0.35^a	38.1 ± 0.21^a	(37.2 ± 0.77) [32] or (37.52 ± 0.09) [29]
Pulse (Beats/min)	33.3 ± 2.5^a	32.5 ± 2.6^a	33 ± 2.4 ^a	29.6 ± 1.9^a	31.2 ± 1.89^a	32.4 ± 2.1^a	32–36) [27] or (24–48/min) [33]
Respiration (Breaths/min)	10.8 ± 1.2^a	10.7 ± 1.3^a	11.1 ± 1.21^a	11.9 ± 1.8^a	12.1 ± 1.7^a	12.2 ± 1.9^a	(12.55 ± 0.30) [29] or (8–18) [34]
Rumen motility (Movements/2 min)	3.2 ± 0.6^a	3.4 ± 0.8^a	3.5 ± 0.5^a	3.3 ± 0.0.3^a	3.4 ± 0.33^a	3.5 ± 0.29^a	(4.25 ± 0.14) [29] or (4.3 ± 0.14) [35]

^aMeans superscripts a in the same raw are not significantly different (P < 0.05)