Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 3 Plasma polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations (μmol/L) in control ewes and ewes treated with 90 mg meloxicam on d 1 and 4 after lambing

From: Postpartum meloxicam administration alters plasma haptoglobin, polyunsaturated fatty acid, and oxylipid concentrations in postpartum ewes

					P-values¹
Fatty acid		CON	MEL	SEM	Trt	Cov	Lambs
Linoleic acid²	C18:2 (n-6)	97.61	86.50	16.07	NS	< 0.05	< 0.01
α-linolenic acid	C18:3 (n-3)	60.50	61.20	14.27	0.16	NS	< 0.01
Arachidonic acid³	C20:4 (n-6)	4.81	10.15	1.66	< 0.01	0.01	< 0.01
Eicosapentaenoic acid	C20:5 (n-3)	1.13	0.94	0.20	NS	NS	0.06
Dihomo-linolenic acid	C20:6 (n-6)	0.33	2.22	0.34	NS	0.03	NS
Adrenic acid	C22:4	0.016	0.013	0.002	NS	0.09	NS
Docosahexaenoic acid	C22:6 (n-3)	4.11	3.55	0.70	0.15	0.11	0.02
Total		263.6	289.6	40.4	NS	NS	< 0.01

¹NS: P > 0.20; Cov: effect of d 1 covariate
²loghaptocov × trt: P = 0.03
³cov × trt: P = 0.01; cov × cov: P = 0.04; cov × cov × trt: P = 0.01; trt × lambs: P < 0.01; loghaptocov: P < 0.05; loghaptocov × trt: P < 0.01

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