Figure 3.

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production of neutrophils from underweight and normal weight calves subjected to short transport of 2 hours or no transport. Groups were as followed: LOWCON (low body weight, no transport [n = 5]), LOWTRANS (low body weight, transport [n = 5]), NORMCON (normal body weight, no transport [n = 5]), and NORMTRANS (low body weight, transport [n = 6]). A, Reactive oxygen species production of neutrophils without stimulation (negative control; cells suspended in Hanks balanced salt solution (HBSS), (B) after stimulation with 25 μg/mL phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), and (C) after stimulation of the same groups of calves with 200 μg/mL Macrogard. P = .07 represents a trend towards higher ROS production in the LOWTRANS animals compared to the NORMTRANS calves. Results are shown as mean ± SD