Table 4.

Treatment means (n = 12 animals per treatment) with SE¹ for plasma albumin, globulin and total protein pre (-0.25 h) and post-transport (0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24 h).

Transport	-0.25 h pre	0 h post	1 h post	2 h post	4 h post	6 h post	8 h post	12 h post	24 h post	SE1	Effect of time2
Albumin (g/L)
J 0	26.4	27.1	27.3	26.8	27.3	27.3	27.1	27.6	26.9	0.57	P =0.95
J 6	27.7a	29.6b	29.4ab	29.2ab	29.1ab	28.5ab	27.6ab	27.8ab	27.5ab	0.64	P =0.10
J 9	27.1a	29.3b	29.11b	28.4ab	27.7ab	27.6ab	27.7ab	27.5ab	27.6ab	0.68	P= 0.28
J 12	27.8a	29.8b	30.0b	29.5b	28.8ab	28.3ab	28.6ab	28.3ab	28.5ab	0.43	P = 0.01
J 18	27.3a	29.7b	29.3b	28.7ab	28.9ab	28.7ab	28.5ab	28.3ab	27.4ab	0.58	P = 0.08
J 24	27.8b	29.7b	29.9b	30.2b	28.9ab	28.8ab	28.9ab	28.4ab	28.3ab	0.61	P = 0.10
Globulin (g/L)
J 0	40.0	41.4	40.2	40.6	40.6	41.0	40.0	41.6	41.3	0.86	P = 0.85
J 6	39.2	41.1	41.0	39.9	39.0	38.6	38.8	38.4	37.8	0.93	P = 0.18
J 9	40.3	43.2	42.6	41.9	40.3	39.7	40.1	40.7	41.0	1.43	P = 0.68
J 12	37.6a	41.3b	41.0b	40.1ab	39.0ab	38.7ab	38.9ab	38.9ab	39.4ab	0.98	P = 0.19
J 18	39.9	43.4	42.6	42.6	42.2	41.5	41.6	41.8	40.7	1.79	P = 0.95
J 24	39.3a	43.1b	43.1b	43.2b	41.7b	40.5ab	41.1ab	40.9ab	40.7ab	0.81	P = 0.01
Total protein (g/L)
J 0	66.4	68.5	67.5	67.5	67.9	68.4	67.1	69.1	68.2	1.07	P = 0.79
J 6	66.9a	70.6b	70.4b	69.2ab	68.3ab	67.1ab	66.4ab	66.2ab	65.3ab	0.88	P = 0.0001
J 9	67.4a	72.5b	71.7b	70.3ab	67.9ab	67.3ab	67.8ab	68.2ab	68.6ab	1.18	P = 0.01
J 12	65.4a	71.1b	70.9b	69.5b	67.7ab	67.0ab	67.4ab	67.2ab	67.8ab	1.00	P = 0.001
J 18	67.14a	73.0b	71.9b	71.4ab	71.0ab	70.2ab	70.1ab	70.1ab	68.2ab	1.61	P = 0.27
J 24	67.1a	72.8b	73.0b	73.4b	70.6b	69.3ab	70.0b	69.3ab	69.0ab	0.93	P = 0.0001

Control = J 0 not transported; animals transported for journey (J) durations of 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 hours (h) by road at a stocking density of 1.02 m² per animal. ^a,b,within a row, means differ from pre-transport baseline (-0.25 h pre-transport) at P < 0.05. ¹Standard error (SE). ²Effect of time (exact P value).