Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 8 Plasma concentrations of oxidized linoleic acid metabolites derived from multiple sources and ratios of select upstream:downstream metabolites in control ewes and ewes treated with 90 mg meloxicam on d 1 and 4 after lambing (mean ± SEM; μmol/L)

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

				P-values¹
Oxylipid or Ratio²	CON	MEL	SEM	Trt	Cov	Cov × trt	Lambs	Hpcov × trt
9-HODE	52.5	44.9	4.2	NS	0.01	0.07	0.03	< 0.01
9-oxoODE	13.99	12.37	1.24	NS	NS	NS	0.01	0.02
13-HODE	133.0	124.8	8.45	NS	NS	< 0.01	NS	NS
13-oxoODE	1.90	2.55	0.31	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
9-HODE:9-oxoODE³	3.35	3.59	0.17	NS	NS	0.06	0.06	< 0.10
13-HODE:13-oxoODE⁴	62.3	51.1	5.4	NS	NS	0.04	NS	NS
9,10-EpOME:9,10-DiHOME	0.37	0.46	0.03	0.06	–	–	–	–

¹NS = P > 0.10
²HODE Hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid, oxoODE Oxooctadecadienoic acid, EpOME Epoxyoctadecenoic acid, DiHOME Dihydroxyoctadecenoic acid
³Cov × cov × trt: P = 0.06
⁴Cov × cov: P = 0.09; Cov × cov × trt: P = 0.04

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