Table 4.
Effects of social contact, movement control and their interaction on concentrations of blood serum major proteins and energy-yielding metabolites of male dromedaries during the rutting season.
| Factors | Variables | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major Blood Serum Proteins (g/dL) | Energy-Yielding Metabolites (mg/dL) | |||||
| Total Protein | Albumin | Globulin | Glucose | Cholesterol | Triglycerides | |
| Social contact | ||||||
| Single | 6.91 | 3.14 | 3.69 | 82.83 | 53.55 | 54.67 |
| Group | 6.80 | 3.14 | 3.80 | 82.30 | 53.96 | 55.74 |
| SEM | 0.114 | 0.149 | 0.416 | 1.69 | 0.831 | 1.11 |
| p value | 0.579 | 0.989 | 0.842 | 0.828 | 0.735 | 0.502 |
| Movement control | ||||||
| Tied | 7.26 a | 2.65 b | 4.91 a | 68.38 c | 39.45 c | 54.75 |
| Fenced | 5.95 c | 3.36 a | 2.59 b | 82.38 b | 55.40 b | 52.83 |
| Exercised | 6.75 b | 3.41 a | 3.85 b | 96.95 a | 66.43 a | 58.03 |
| SEM | 0.146 | 0.18 | 0.431 | 1.87 | 1.06 | 1.41 |
| p value | <0.001 | 0.014 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.060 |
| Social contact × movement control | ||||||
| Single-tied | 7.51 a | 2.73 | 4.78 a | 68.51 c | 39.00 c | 54.00 |
| Single-fenced | 5.91 c | 3.28 | 2.63 c | 81.67 b | 52.00 b | 54.67 |
| Single-exercised | 6.70 b | 3.40 | 3.30 b | 98.33 a | 67.00 a | 58.00 |
| Group-tied | 7.61 a | 2.58 | 5.04 a | 68.25 c | 39.88 c | 55.50 |
| Group-fenced | 5.98 c | 3.4 | 2.55 c | 83.10 b | 56.13 b | 53.67 |
| Group-exercised | 6.80 b | 3.4 | 3.40 b | 95.57 a | 65.88 a | 58.07 |
| SEM | 0.179 | 0.270 | 0.228 | 3.05 | 1.51 | 1.73 |
| p value | <0.001 | 0.835 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.905 |
Means ± SEM in each column with no common superscript letter differ significantly (p < 0.05).