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Table 2 Effect of stress on circulating cortisol and haptoglobin concentrations in control and weaned calves

From: Transcriptomic analysis of the stress response to weaning at housing in bovine leukocytes using RNA-seq technology

  

Days post weaning

P-values

Variable

 

0

1

2

3

7

T

S

T × S

Cortisol

C

6.1 ± 1.17

4.3x ± 1.36

8.5 ± 1.81

5.7 ± 1.31

9.7 ± 2.29

NS

*

*

(ng/mL)

W

6.3 ± 1.09

8.4y ± 1.27

8.4 ± 1.68

8.4 ± 1.23

6.5 ± 2.14

   

Haptoglobin

C

1.04 ± 0.052

1.07 ± 0.068

0.52b ± 0.184

0.30c ± 0.122

0.29c ± 0.076

NS

***

NS

(mg/mL)

W

1.02 ± 0.049

1.14 ± 0.063

1.03 ± 0.173

0.49b ± 0.114

0.39c ± 0.071

   
  1. The values are expressed as least squares means (Lsmeans) ± s.e.
  2. C = Control, W = Weaned, T = treatment, S = sampling time, T × S = treatment × sampling time interaction, NS = not significant (P > 0.05).
  3. * = P < 0.05, ** = P < 0.01, *** = P < 0.001.
  4. a,b,cWithin rows, Lsmeans differ from pre-weaning baseline by P < 0.05, P < 0.01 and P < 0.001, respectively.
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BMC Genomics

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