Table 3.

Effects of arsenic on body weight and physiological conditions in Group 1 vs. Group 2.

	Group 1: As Treatment				Group 2: Control
	Day 1	Day 28	Day 56	Day 84	Day 1	Day 28	Day 56	Day 84
Body weight (kg)	63.74 ± 4.8	62.12 ± 3.2	62.08 ± 3.8 *	62.08 ± 3.9 *	64.02 ± 2.6	63.5 ± 2.4	64.96 ± 3.1	65.42 ± 3.6 *
Heart frequency	66.8 ± 1.3	72.8 ± 10.2 *	78.8 ± 2.1 *	78.2 ± 1.7 *	69.6 ± 0.6	69.4 ± 1.2 *	67.4 ± 1.7 *	68.6 ± 1.0 *
Respiratory frequency	25.5 ± 0.5	27.6 ± 0.8 *	28.8 ± 1.4 *	31.2 ± 1.1 *	21.68 ± 1.8	20.8 ± 2.2 *	19.8 ± 3.0 *	23.8 ± 1.7 *
Temperature	38.5 ± 0.0	38.5 ± 0.5	38.7 ± 0.2 *	38.7 ± 0.2 *	38.5 ± 0.02	38.5 ± 0.03	38.6 ± 0.07	38.5 ± 0.5
Ruminal movement	1.71 ± 0.2	1.8 ± 0.3	1.86 ± 0.4	1.85 ± 0.3	1.8 ± 0.8	1.8 ± 0.5	1.75 ± 0.5	1.86 ± 0.3

Mean ± SE; * p < 0.01.