Does Faeces Excreted by Moxidectin-Treated Sheep Impact Coprophagous Insects and the Activity of Soil Microbiota in Subtropical Pastures?

Table 2

N and C concentrations (%), C : N ratio, and dry weight (g) of faecal boluses of nontreated (control) and moxidectin-treated (MOX) animals in the field pasture, with or without protection against rain, in field experiment performed in Pinhais, PR, Brazil.

	Treatment (T)		Protection against rain (P)		value
	Control	MOX	Without	With	T	P	T × P
C (%)	36.3^b(1)	37.3^a	37.0	36.7	0.038	0.578	0.437
N (%)	1.46^b	1.71^a	1.49	1.69	<0.001	0.742	0.303
C : N ratio	25^a	22^b	24	24	<0.001	0.987	0.522
Dry weight (g)	51.1^a	37.5^b	41.8^b	48.6^a	<0.001	0.007	0.966

⁽¹⁾Means followed by different lowercase letters in the same row of the treatment columns differ () by Tukey’s test. Table shows that regardless of protection against rain, the MOX treatment had a notable impact on the levels of C, N, C : N ratio, and dry weight in faecal boluses. In contrast, the presence of rain or its interaction with treatments did not show statistical significance.