Group of quails
Recovery time VE  (n=10) AA   (n=10) Control (n=10) Sedentary (n=10)
1 h after journey 41.6 ± 0.2 41.8 ± 0.4 42.6 ± 0.6 41.4 ± 0.4
2 h      ,, 41.2 ± 0.3 41.0 ± 0.7 42.2 ± 0.5 41.4 ± 0.1
3 h      ,, 40.4 ± 0.6 41.6 ± 0.2 41.4 ± 0.6 40.4 ± 0.6
4 h      ,, 40.6 ± 0.2 40.6 ± 0.2 42.0 ± 0.4 40.8 ± 0.1
Mean  ±  SEM 41.0 ± 0.2a 41.3 ± 0.5a 42.1 ± 0.7b 41.0 ± 0.5a
Day 1 after journey 40.6 ± 0.1 40.4 ± 0.1 41.4 ± 0.5 40.4 ± 0.1
Day 3        ,, 40.5 ± 0.2 40.7 ± 0.1 40.7 ± 0.7 40.3 ± 0.2
Day 7        ,, 40.7 ± 0.6 40.3 ± 0.4 40.4 ± 0.6 40.4 ± 0.5
Mean  ±  SEM 40.6 ± 0.2ns 40.5 ± 0.5ns 40.7 ± 0.5ns 40.4 ± 0.5ns
Mean values with different superscripts within a row differ significantly (P <0.05). ns= non-significant (P >0.05)
Table 2: Colonic temperature (°C) responses of transported quails pretreated with antioxidants vitamin E and ascorbic acid during the first 4 h and 7 days of posttransportation recovery periods.