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Table 5.

Blood characteristics of growing Hanwoo steers on different diets for Exp. 2

Items	Unit	Treatments					Level of significance

		Con¹	T1²	T2³	T3⁴	SEM
After 56 d
Total protein	g/dl⁵	6.65^a	6.11^b	6.48^a	6.13^b	0.12	^*
Albumin	g/dl	3.49	3.40	3.45	3.48	0.09	NS
SGOT⁶	IU/L⁸	66.17^b	71.50^ab	66.42^b	78.00^a	3.61	^*
SGPT⁷	IU/L	25.75	27.67	27.00	26.67	1.45	NS
Creatinine	mg/dl	1.53^a	1.36^b	1.32^b	1.20^b	0.06	^*
BUN⁹	mg/dl	13.57^a	11.89^ab	9.69^c	10.82^bc	0.67	^*
Total cholesterol	mg/dl	113.92^ab	120.25^a	104.00^ab	101.17^b	5.69	^*
HDL¹⁰ cholesterol	mg/dl	55.50	60.25	53.58	53.75	2.41	NS
LDL¹¹ cholesterol	mg/dl¹²	11.83	12.67	10.83	11.58	0.72	NS
Triglyceride	mg/dl	27.83	28.08	31.17	26.08	1.87	NS
Glucose	mg/dl	89.75^ab	95.08^a	88.50^b	92.75^ab	2.07	^*
After 112 d
Total protein	g/dl	6.22	5.92	6.20	5.97	0.14	NS
Albumin	g/dl	3.46^b	3.61^a	3.63^a	3.63^a	0.05	^*
SGOT	IU/L	63.17	73.08	76.08	77.33	4.52	NS
SGPT	IU/L	22.00^b	25.75^a	23.75^ab	22.25^b	1.04	^*
Creatinine	mg/dl	1.28	1.34	1.33	1.27	0.05	NS
BUN	mg/dl	10.22^ab	11.75^a	10.17^ab	9.03^b	0.56	^*
Total cholesterol	mg/dl	129.67^a	108.33^b	120.58^ab	111.00^b	5.13	^*
HDL cholesterol	mg/dl	66.25^a	55.17^b	65.00^a	59.58^ab	2.32	^*
LDL cholesterol	mg/dl	12.58	11.42	11.92	10.83	0.58	NS
Triglyceride	mg/dl	28.42^a	27.92^a	20.17^b	18.83^b	1.81	^*
Glucose	mg/dl	97.25^b	101.92^ab	100.67^ab	105.67^a	1.93	^*
After 168 d
Total protein	g/dl	6.28^ab	6.11^b	6.47^a	6.31^ab	0.09	^*
Albumin	g/dl	3.65^c	3.72^bc	3.89^a	3.84^ab	0.05	^*
SGOT	IU/L	61.75^b	71.33^a	66.00^ab	69.67^a	2.44	^*
SGPT	IU/L	20.75^b	26.50^a	23.33^b	22.08^b	0.98	^*
Creatinine	mg/dl	1.28	1.33	1.27	1.23	0.04	NS
BUN	mg/dl	13.30^a	9.82^b	10.72^b	10.38^b	0.52	^*
Total cholesterol	mg/dl	121.93	135.17	145.42	142.25	8.33	NS
HDL cholesterol	mg/dl	59.25	62.50	61.08	60.58	2.49	NS
LDL cholesterol	mg/dl	16.83	17.92	18.92	19.50	1.36	NS
Triglyceride	mg/dl	27.67	26.25	23.83	23.67	1.56	NS
Glucose	mg/dl	86.50	89.75	91.17	91.50	2.13	NS

Values are given as means (n = 3). Different letters (^{a, b, c}) within each row indicate significant differences within the values (p<0.05).

As usual mixed diet.

Tall fescue, 184 g/kg fermented feed, mammoth wild rye forage, whole barley forage etc.

Rice straw, 177 g/kg fermented feed, whole barley forage etc.

⁴

Rice straw, probiotics, whole barley forage etc.

⁵

Gram per deci liter (g/dl).

⁶

Serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT).

⁷

Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT).

⁸

International unit per liter (IU/L).

⁹

Blood urea nitrogen (BUN).

¹⁰

High density lipoprotein (HDL).

¹¹

Low density lipoprotein (LDL).

¹²

mg per deci liter (mg/dl).