. 2017 Mar 12;10(3):302–310. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2017.302-310

Table-3.

Mean blood glucose levels during peripartum period in buffaloes under nutrients supplemented and control groups and subgroups.

Days pre-and postpartum	Blood glucose levels (mg/dl)

	Treatment group			Control group

	Subgroup-I (n=9)	Subgroup-II (n=9)	Pooled (n=18)	Subgroup-I (n=7)	Subgroup-II (n=7)	Pooled (n=14)
−60	45.89±1.88^a	47.67±2.10^a	46.28±1.41^a	45.86±1.35^a	45.29±1.13^a	45.57±0.87^a
−30	46.67±1.175^ab	49.11±2.12^a	47.89±1.36^ab	47.29±3.46^a	46.86±2.15^a	47.07±1.96^ab
−15	44.78±1.84^ax	51.67±2.73^ay	48.22±1.80^abc	47.57±3.19^a	48.43±2.70^a	48.00±2.01^ab
0	55.78±2.05^d	61.67±2.65^b	58.72±1.78^e	60.29±3.97^b	56.43±3.09^b	58.36±2.48^c
15	49.00^x±1.39^abc	54.78^y±1.86^a	51.89±1.33^bcd	51.43±3.29^a	50.14±2.56^ab	50.79±2.01^b
30	52.78±1.37^cd	52.33±1.54^a	52.56^p±1.00^cd	50.14±2.58^a	46.57±1.93^a	48.36^q±1.62^ab
45	52.56±1.67^cd	53.22±1.81^a	52.89^p±1.20^d	47.00±1.75^a	48.00±1.89^a	47.50^q±1.24^ab
60	51.67±2.77^bcd	52.22±2.53^a	51.94±1.82^bcd	51.00±2.05^a	50.14±2.01^ab	50.57±1.38^b
Overall	49.76^x±0.78	52.83^y±0.88	51.30^p±0.60	49.82±1.12	48.98±0.86	49.40^q±0.71

Subgroup-I=Micro-minerals 5 ml i/m, Subgroup-II=Micro-minerals control, Day 0=Day of calving. Means bearing uncommon superscripts within the column (abcd) differ significantly between periods and those within the row (xy) differ significantly between sub-groups and between groups (pq) (p<0.05)