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

Table 4.

Treatment effects on metabolic 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
Albumin (g/L)
Control	32.70 ± 1.37^ax	34.90 ± 0.74^abx	32.28 ± 0.89^abx	32.10 ± 0.73^bx	31.70 ± 0.70^bx	32.10 ± 0.71^abx	32.00 ± 0.73^abx	30.50 ± 0.61^bx
RT	32.40 ± 1.22^ax	34.20 ± 0.53^bxy	33.60 ± 0.58^bx	33.20 ± 0.56^abx	30.90 ± 0.37^bx	30.90 ± 0.49^bx	30.50 ± 0.4^by	30.10 ± 1.76^abx
ULT	34.25 ± 1.37^ax	33.00 ± 0.76^by	33.00 ± 0.72^abx	33.40 ± 0.90^abx	31.60 ± 0.73^bx	31.30 ± 0.59^bx	31.10 ± 0.63^bxy	31.50 ± 0.62^bx

Globulin (g/L)
Control	41.10 ± 1.64^x	39.40 ± 1.45^x	40.30 ± 1.47^x	41.30 ± 1.18^x	41.80 ± 1.22^x	41.20 ± 1.38^x	43.30 ± 1.24^x	43.00 ± 1.63^x
RT	40.95 ± 1.25^ax	41.76 ± 0.98^abx	40.81 ± 1.00^abx	43.79 ± 1.20^abx	41.15 ± 1.47^abx	44.82 ± 1.30^bx	44.61 ± 1.24^bx	44.37 ± 2.94^abx
ULT	39.28 ± 1.47^ax	39.28 ± 1.36^abx	38.56 ± 1.41^abx	40.99 ± 1.39^bx	40.32 ± 1.21^abx	42.85 ± 134^bx	42.50 ± 1.28^bx	43.71 ± 1.74^bx

Protein (g/L)
Control	73.82 ± 1.37^x	72.41 ± 1.26^x	72.57 ± 1.35^x	73.42 ± 1.09^x	73.48 ± 1.27^x	73.29 ± 1.57^x	75.35 ± 1.51^x	73.56 ± 1.41^x
RT	74.36 + 1.22^ax	75.99 ± 0.91^aby	74.48 ± 0.98^abx	77.03 + 1.08^bx	72.11 + 1.45^abx	75.81 + 1.26^abx	75.09 + 1.21^abx	76.15 ± 4.23^abx
ULT	73.09 ± 1.37^ax	74.24 ± 1.14^abxy	71.56 ± 1.13^abx	74.38 ± 1.54^abx	71.88 ± 1.16^abx	74.17 ± 1.39^abx	73.60 ± 1.22^abx	75.18 ± 1.30^abx

ßeta-hydroxy butyrate (BHB) (mmol/L)
Control	0.29 ± 0.02^ax	0.24 ± 0.01^bx	0.26 ± 0.02^abx	0.31 ± 0.02^abx	0.31 ± 0.03^abx	0.30 ± 0.02^abx	0.22 ± 0.02^bx	0.24 ± 0.02^bx
RT	0.29 ± 0.02^ax	0.28 ± 0.02^abx	0.31 ± 0.02^abx	0.35 ± 0.03^abx	0.32 ± 0.02^abx	0.26 ± 0.02^abx	0.18 ± 0.02^bx	0.19 ± 0.01^by
ULT	0.33 ± 0.02^ax	0.29 ± 0.03^abx	0.32 ± 0.02^abx	0.32 ± 0.02^abx	0.35 ± 0.03^abx	0.28 ± 0.03^abx	0.23 ± 0.01^bx	0.22 ± 0.01^bxy

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.