Table 4.
Physiological parameters of sheep with reference to different rearing systems and season.
| Parameter | Rearing system |
Season |
SEM |
P Val |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.