Table 4.

Change from baseline whole blood gene expression fold change of dogs consuming a SCFP-supplemented or control diet before and after transport stress

Measure	∆ Control	∆ SCFP	SEM	P-value1
Cyclooxygenase-2	0.20a	0.02b	0.05	0.0461
Glutathione peroxidase	−0.15	0.01	0.08	0.5272
Myeloperoxidase	0.70a	−0.24b	0.20	0.0383
Superoxide dismutase	0.51	0.32	0.09	0.2372
Catalase	0.34	0.27	0.07	0.7146
Glutathione reductase	0.33	2.33	1.10	0.7629

¹Statistics were conducted using ∆∆Ct values to generate P-values; data are reported as fold change (2^-∆∆Ct) in relation to a housekeeping gene (RPS5).

^a,bMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters differ (P < 0.05).