. 2023 Oct 11;10(10):617. doi: 10.3390/vetsci10100617

Table 7.

Serum biochemistry, platelets, and plasma protein of lambs fed a high-concentrate diet with or without added additives and days on feed.

Item	Treatments (T) ¹				SEM	Days (D)			SEM	p-Value ²
Item	CON	ACL	CCL	BZA	SEM	1	28	56	SEM	T	D	T × D
Platelets	692.9	630.5	721.3	625.0	17.63	704.7	644.4	653.2	15.76	0.089	0.248	0.586
Plasma protein, g/dL	5.91	5.84	6.04	6.08	0.043	5.72 ^a	5.85 ^a	6.33 ^b	0.037	0.168	<0.001	0.900
Urea, mg/dL	42.96	42.61	41.10	43.40	0.904	33.02 ^a	45.69 ^b	48.84 ^b	0.783	0.820	<0.001	0.776
Creatinine, mg/dL	0.87	0.84	0.86	0.85	0.015	0.92 ^a	0.76 ^b	0.88 ^a	0.013	0.816	<0.001	0.901
Phosphorus, mg/dL	8.93	8.38	8.67	8.70	0.194	7.59 ^a	9.07 ^b	9.34 ^b	0.181	0.606	<0.001	0.438
Chloride, mmol/L	104.5	105.5	105.8	105.1	0.248	105.7	105.4	104.6	0.215	0.271	0.200	0.865
Sodium, mmol/L	135.8	136.4	137.2	137.5	0.364	132.6 ^a	137.0 ^b	140.6 ^c	0.318	0.264	<0.001	0.792
Potassium, mmol/L	4.50	4.60	4.75	4.65	0.063	4.72	4.64	4.51	0.057	0.416	0.249	0.913

¹ CON: control without additive; ACL: ammonium chloride; CCL: calcium chloride; BZA: benzoic acid. ² T: treatments; D: days on feed; T × D: treatments and days on feed interaction. Means without a common letter differ by the Student’s t-test (p < 0.05).