Table 3.

Plasma polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations (μmol/L) in control ewes and ewes treated with 90 mg meloxicam on d 1 and 4 after lambing

					P-values1
Fatty acid		CON	MEL	SEM	Trt	Cov	Lambs
Linoleic acid2	C18:2 (n-6)	97.61	86.50	16.07	NS	<  0.05	<  0.01
α-linolenic acid	C18:3 (n-3)	60.50	61.20	14.27	0.16	NS	<  0.01
Arachidonic acid3	C20:4 (n-6)	4.81	10.15	1.66	<  0.01	0.01	<  0.01
Eicosapentaenoic acid	C20:5 (n-3)	1.13	0.94	0.20	NS	NS	0.06
Dihomo-linolenic acid	C20:6 (n-6)	0.33	2.22	0.34	NS	0.03	NS
Adrenic acid	C22:4	0.016	0.013	0.002	NS	0.09	NS
Docosahexaenoic acid	C22:6 (n-3)	4.11	3.55	0.70	0.15	0.11	0.02
Total		263.6	289.6	40.4	NS	NS	<  0.01

¹NS: P > 0.20; Cov: effect of d 1 covariate

²loghaptocov × trt: P = 0.03

³cov × trt: P = 0.01; cov × cov: P = 0.04; cov × cov × trt: P = 0.01; trt × lambs: P <  0.01; loghaptocov: P <  0.05; loghaptocov × trt: P <  0.01