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. 2020 Apr 10;4(2):1113–1127. doi: 10.1093/tas/txaa044

Table 4.

RcT and RR of water-restricted Xhosa goats supplemented with VC

		Treatments								Probability
Parameter	Day	W0	W70	W50	W70⁺	W5⁰⁺	W70⁺⁺	W50⁺⁺	SEM	T	D	T × D
RcT, °C									0.27	ns	**	ns
	15	38.40	38.43	38.83	38.48	38.67	38.73	38.47
	30	38.63	38.93	38.57	38.47	38.43	38.83	38.57
	45	39.50	38.03	37.93	38.20	38.00	37.97	38.13
	60	38.50	38.43	38.77	38.40	38.50	38.37	38.27
	75	38.17	38.07	38.10	38.47	38.43	38.00	38.20
RR, breathes/min									1.34	**	**	*
	15	38.67^a	31.33^b	30.53^b	32.67^b	31.17^b	33.05^b	31.05^b
	30	39.00^a	32.33^bcd	30.67^bc	33.67^bc	30.89^cd	34.67^b	30.79^d
	45	44.00^a	35.33^b	31.33^c	35.43^b	32.00^c	36.67^b	31.59^c
	60	42.67^a	35.39^b	33.33^b	35.67^b	33.67^b	35.00^b	33.52^b
	75	41.33^a	34.51^b	31.34^c	36.67^b	31.67^c	35.67^b	32.03^c

D, day effect; T, treatment effect; T × D, interaction between treatment and day; W, water restriction.

^abcMeans with different superscript down the column are significantly different (P < 0.05).

ns, P > 0.05;*P < 0.05; **P < 0.001; ***P < 0.0001.

⁺3 g VC daily; ⁺⁺3 g VC daily + extra 5 g VC every eighth day.