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. 2021 May 26;7(5):e07117. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07117

Table 4.

Physiological parameters of sheep with reference to different rearing systems and season.

Parameter Rearing system
Season
SEM P Val
EXT SI INT WIN MON SUM RS S RS×S
TEMP (°F) 102.1b 101.98b 101.62a 101.9a 101.65a 102.18b 0.05 <0.001 <0.001 0.792
PR (no./min) 88.39b 86.75b 83.57a 86.54ab 83.86a 88.31b 0.54 0.001 0.004 0.815
RR (no./min) 26.50b 25.44b 23.61a 25.4b 22.15a 28.00c 0.34 <0.001 <0.001 0.202

abcRows bearing different superscripts differ significantly.

TEMP – Rectal temperature, PR – Pulse rate, RR – Respiratory rate, Ext - Extensive, SI – Semi intensive, I - Intensive, SEM – Standard error of mean, T – Time of recording, RS – Rearing system, S – Season, P Val - P values.