Table 8.
Serum amyloid A (SAA) as affected by handling, stocking density, and distance in road transported cattle.
| Parameters | SAA |
|---|---|
| Main effects | |
| Handling | |
| Preload | 75.87 ± 0.85 c |
| Unload | 145.41 ± 3.69 b |
| Slaughter | 166.43 ± 5.66 a |
| Density | |
| 200 kg | 110.38 ± 3.72 c |
| 400 kg | 126.94 ± 5.13 b |
| 600 kg | 150.38 ± 7.62 a |
| Distance | |
| 450 km | 115.24 ± 3.70 b |
| 850 km | 143.23 ± 5.58 a |
| p-value | |
| Handling | <0.0001 |
| Density | <0.0001 |
| Distance | <0.0001 |
| Handling*Density | <0.0001 |
| Handling*Distance | <0.0001 |
| Distance*Density | <0.0001 |
a–c, means within columns with no common lowercase letters are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05. * denotes interaction.