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. 2020 Sep 10;10(9):1621. doi: 10.3390/ani10091621

Table 5.

Effects of social contact, movement control and their interaction on liver and kidney function indicators and redox status indicators of male dromedaries during the rutting season.

Factor Variables
Liver and Kidney Function Indicators Redox Status Indicators
AST (U/L) ALT (U/L) Creatinine (mg/dL) Urea (mg/dL) MDA (nmol/mL) TAC (mM/L) NO (µmol/L)
Social contact
Single 23.00 a 20.24 1.46 13.77 1.63 1.69 a 70.50
Group 21.06 b 21.39 1.33 13.45 1.97 1.41 b 73.56
SEM 3.65 2.36 0.021 0.675 0.129 0.058 1.27
p value 0.003 0.095 0.067 0.737 0.074 0.004 0.093
Movement control
Tied 12.99 c 15.99 c 1.48 14.79 1.48 b 1.84 a 62.21 c
Fenced 22.34 b 22.22 b 1.39 13.82 2.10 a 1.43 b 72.00 b
Exercised 30.66 a 25.83 a 1.28 12.22 1.93 ab 1.63 ab 85.17 a
SEM 4.04 1.87 0.059 0.728 0.169 0.075 1.52
p value <0.001 <0.001 0.094 0.103 0.031 <0.001 <0.001
Social contact × movement control
Single-tied 10.87 c 15.9 d 1.58 14.98 1.35 1.98 a 60.50 c
Single-fenced 12.41 bc 21.30 c 1.47 14.00 1.87 1.57 bc 70.33 b
Single-exercised 13.27ab 25.00 ab 1.30 12.33 1.77 1.53 bc 84.00 a
Group-tied 12.77 bc 16.14 d 1.38 14.61 1.61 1.70 b 63.91 c
Group-fenced 15.15 a 23.10 bc 1.31 13.63 2.33 1.30 cd 73.67 b
Group-exercised 15.53 a 26.67 a 1.27 12.11 2.00 1.21 d 86.33 a
SEM 5.72 0.89 0.07 1.19 0.23 0.11 1.86
p value <0.001 <0.001 0.093 0.997 0.076 0.011 <0.001

AST—aminase; ALT—alanine transaminase; TAC—total antioxidant capacity; MDA—malondialdehyde; NO—nitric oxide; means ± SEM in each column with no common superscript letter differ significantly (p < 0.05).