Table 3.

Descriptive results for blood parameters indicative of trauma and serum IgG concentration by vigour parameters in 77 cow-calf pairs

Variable	Categories		P value
Mucous membrane colour	Pink (n=66)	Abnormal (n=11)
CK (iu/l)*	270 (218–401)	878 (514–4178)	<0.0001
AST (iu/l)*	67 (57–78)	94 (71–130)	0.002
Haptoglobin (g/l)*	0.14 (0.13–0.15)	0.14 (0.13–0.19)	0.3
Serum IgG (g/l)†	44.4 (41.5–47.5)	36.0 (20.0–51.9)	0.07

Tongue withdrawal	Complete (n=60)	Incomplete (n=15)
CK (iu/l)*	270 (212.5–411.5)	584 (309–1441)	0.0004
AST (iu/l)*	67 (55.5–77.5)	82 (76–119)	0.0009
Haptoglobin (g/l)*	0.14 (0.13–0.16)	0.15 (0.13–0.16)	0.4
Serum IgG (g/l)†	45.5 (42.0–49.0)	33.8 (25.2–42.4)	0.005

Suckle reflex	Strong (n=63)	Weak (n=14)
CK (iu/l)*	269 (206–420)	544 (309–1441)	0.0005
AST (iu/l)*	67 (55–77)	88.5 (76–130)	0.0002
Haptoglobin (g/l)*	0.14 (0.13–0.16)	0.135 (0.13–0.16)	0.9
Serum IgG (g/l)†	45.0 (41.7–48.3)	35.3 (24.7–45.9)	0.02

*Median (first interquartile to third interquartile) reported for non-normally distributed variables.

†Mean (95% CI) reported for normally distributed variables.

AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CK, creatine kinase.