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Table 4.

Effects of forage level and Cr-Met chelate supplementation diets on blood metabolites obtained from native Korean beef steers (Hanwoo, Bos Taurus)

Item	Treatment
Item	LF ¹⁾	LFCM ²⁾	HF ³⁾	HFCM ⁴⁾
Triglycaride, mg/dl	29.25 ± 9.03^a	24.42 ± 5.98^a	31.05 ± 7.78^a	22.33 ± 3.14^a
Cholesterol, mg/dl	145.00 ± 15.28^a	191.31 ± 18.38^a	201.00 ± 4.24^a	204.63 ± 17.78^a
HDL-C, mg/dl	92.75 ± 7.41^b	118.50 ± 22.41^a	88.50 ± 7.78^b	128.25 ± 17.40^a
LDL-C, mg/dl	102.00 ± 15.98^ab	87.17 ± 18.25^ac	111.00 ± 14.14^a	79.00 ± 13.18^c
Glucose, mg/dl	49.50 ± 8.96^ab	61.42 ± 18.46^ab	41.50 ± 4.95^a	65.30 ± 20.28^c
BUN, mg/dl	15.20 ± 2.62^a	14.92 ± 2.74^a	13.95 ± 1.20^a	15.33 ± 1.16^a
T, Protein, g/dl	6.40 ± 0.14^a	6.25 ± 0.93^a	6.55 ± 0.07^a	6.69 ± 0.70^a
Albumin, g/dl	4.50 ± 0.24^a	3.80 ± 0.65^b	4.55 ± .35^a	4.10 ± 0.46^ab
Creatinine, mg/dl	1.38 ± 15.28^a	1.30 ± 0.23^a	1.50 ± 0.28^a	1.39 ± 0.24^a
Calcium, mg/dl	10.35 ± 0.57^a	8.05 ± 1.95^b	9.95 ± 0.49^ab	8.43 ± 1.21^b
Insulin, μU/ml	6.64 ± 1.09^a	7.87 ± 2.37^ab	9.04 ± 0.67^ab	9.81 ± 1.57^a

¹⁾40% forage in raising stage and 1^st fattening period + concentrate without Cr-Met.

²⁾40% forage in raising stage and 1^st fattening period + concentrate with Cr-Met.

³⁾60% forage in raising stage and 1^st fattening period + concentrate without Cr-Met.

⁴⁾60% forage in raising stage and 1^st fattening period + concentrate with Cr-Met.

^a-cSignificant differences occurred at (P < 0.05).