Parameters | Control (+) | Heat stress treatments | SEM | P value | |||||||
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Control (−) | Control + Bet | Control + Vit. C | Control + Vit. E | Control + Bet + Vit. C | Control + Bet + Vit. E | Control + Vit. C + Vit. E | Control + Bet + Vit. C + Vit. E | ||||
Glucose, mg/dl | 227a | 208b | 220a | 218a | 217a | 225a | 219a | 226a | 225a | 2.683 | 0.001 |
Estrogen, ng/ml | 618a | 514c | 595b | 590b | 577b | 582b | 580b | 586b | 597b | 6.213 | 0.001 |
Progesterone, pg/ml | 9.16a | 6.12d | 9.06ab | 7.98c | 7.68c | 7.74c | 8.08bc | 8.54abc | 8.70abc | 0.265 | 0.001 |
Triiodothyronine, µg/dl | 0.136a | 0.098b | 0.126a | 0.124a | 0.120a | 0.130a | 0.132a | 0.128a | 0.134a | 0.0001 | 0.006 |
Thyroxine, µg/dl | 18.2a | 13.2b | 17.0a | 16.8a | 16.4a | 17.8a | 17.6a | 17.2a | 18.0a | 0.443 | 0.001 |
Triiodothyronine/thyroxine ratio | 0.0075 | 0.0074 | 0.0074 | 0.0074 | 0.0073 | 0.0073 | 0.0076 | 0.0074 | 0.0075 | 0.0001 | 1.000 |