. 2010 Jul 20;6:36. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-6-36

Table 3.

Treatment effects on haematological variables pre and post-transport in control and transported (RT and ULT) animals (n = 20 animals/treatment)

Variable	d 0 pre-transport	d 2 Arrival in French lairage	D 3 post-12 h lairage	d 4 arrival in Spain	d 6 post-transport	d 8 post-transport	d 10 post-transport	d 34 post-transport
Haemoglobin (Hb) (g/dL)
Control	13.23 ± 0.17^ax	13.15 ± 0.25^abx	12.95 ± 0.20^abx	12.38 ± 0.26^bx	12.34 ± 0.25^bx	12.24 ± 0.22^bx	11.94 ± 0.26^bx	11.46 ± 0.26^bx
RT	13.14 ± 0.24^ax	12.83 ± 0.25^abx	11.91 ± 0.43^by	12.05 ± 0.20^bx	11.48 ± 0.22^by	10.89 ± 0.22^by	10.89 ± 0.21^by	9.12 ± 0.23^by
ULT	13.56 ± 0.32^ax	12.49 ± 0.27^bx	12.11 ± 0.25^bxy	12.27 ± 0.26^bx	12.01 ± 0.26^bxy	11.41 ± 0.22^by	11.37 ± 0.26^bxy	9.42 ± 0.21^by

Red Blood Cell (RBC) number (×10⁶μL)
Control	10.51 ± 0.18^ax	10.38 ± 0.18^abx	10.05 ± 0.14^bx	9.71 ± 0.16^bx	9.74 ± 0.15^bx	9.69 ± 0.16^bx	9.42 ± 0.19^bx	8.83 ± 0.27^bx
RT	10.90 ± 0.21^axy	11.75 ± 0.22^by	10.93 ± 0.41^abxy	11.10 ± 0.19^aby	10.73 ± 0.24^aby	10.31 ± 0.23^bxy	10.13 ± 0.22^bxy	7.31 ± 0.17^by
ULT	11.28 ± 0.35^ay	11.31 ± 0.25^aby	11.10 ± 0.29^aby	11.35 ± 0.28^aby	11.01 ± 0.30^aby	10.76 ± 0.26^by	10.49 ± 0.30^by	7.55 ± 0.16^by

Mean cell haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) (g/dL)
Control	33.50 ± 0.15^ax	33.70 ± 0.12^abx	33.80 ± 0.16^abx	33.70 ± 0.16^abx	33.80 ± 0.14^abx	33.50 ± 0.12^abx	33.80 ± 0.17^abx	34.00 ± 0.18^bx
RT	33.50 ± 0.18^ay	37.30 ± 0.20^by	37.10 ± 0.43^by	37.34 ± 0.16^by	36.90 ± 0.26^by	36.90 ± 0.22^by	36.60 ± 0.39^by	32.20 ± 0.24^by
ULT	33.70 ± 0.12^ay	37.30 ± 0.32^by	37.80 ± 0.25^by	37.20 ± 0.20^by	36.80 ± 0.24^by	36.80 ± 0.22^by	37.00 ± 0.30^by	32.50 ± 0.17^by

The values are expressed as mean ± s.e. Control = not transported; RT (transported animals that remained on the transporter at the French lairage for 12 h) and ULT animals transported (transported animals that were unloaded at the French lairage for a 12 h rest period) at a stocking density of 0.93 m²per animal;^a,bWithin a row, means not having a common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05);^x,ywithin a column at each sampling time point (day (d)), treatment means differ by P < 0.05. Data were analysed using SAS/STAT (9.1 (SAS Inst. Inc., Cary, NC, USA). The differences between means were tested using the Tukey-Kramer test for multiple comparisons.