Table 4.

Effect of sex on body weight (WT), chute scores (CS¹), exit velocity (EV), rectal temperature (TEMP), blood lactate (BLAC²), serum lactate (SLAC), salivary (SCORT) or serum (BCORT) cortisol and serum glucose (GLUC)

Item	Steers	SEM	Heifers	SEM	P-value
n	87		109
WT, kg	426.85	9.04	425.33	7.84	n.s.
CS1	2.94	2.9	3.24	3.2	***
EV, m/s	2.24	0.14	2.80	0.12	**
TEMP, ºC	39.78	0.05	39.93	0.05	*
BLAC2, mM	3.45	0.31	4.35	0.26	*
SLAC, mM	5.43	0.44	6.05	0.39	n.s.
SCORT, µg/dL	0.18	0.02	0.26	0.01	***
BCORT, µg/dL	1.64	0.11	2.13	0.09	***
GLUC, mg/dL	104.72	3.74	112.04	3.30	n.s.

Significance = *P < 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01, ***P ≤ 0.001, **** P ≤ 0.0001.

Values are least square means. Significantly different P < 0.05.

¹Chute Scores – 1 = Docile, 2 = Restless, 3 = Nervous, 4 = Flighty(Wild), 5= Aggressive, 6 = Very Aggressive

²Lactate Pro meter.