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. 2016 Aug 8;11(8):e0160659. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160659

Table 3. Effects of supplementation with rumen-protected choline (TC), rumen-protected methionine (TM) or both (TCM) on the plasma lipid concentrations (means of whole period) in transition dairy cows1.

Items T0 TC TM TCM SEM P-value
C M C×M
TC, mmol/L 3.36 3.22 3.23 3.12 0.024 <0.001 <0.001 0.546
HDL-C, mmol/L 1.88 1.91 1.90 1.93 0.016 0.082 0.264 0.861
LDL-C, mmol/L 0.91 0.84 0.85 0.81 0.012 <0.001 <0.001 0.105
TG, mmol/L 0.14 0.13 0.14 0.13 0.007 0.296 0.550 0.834
VLDL, mmol/L 0.53 0.57 0.56 0.59 0.010 <0.001 0.008 0.764
ApoB 100, μg/mL 501.63 517.02 513.86 527.20 3.085 <0.001 0.001 0.742

1TC = total cholesterol, HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG = triglyceride, VLDL = very-low-density lipoprotein, and ApoB 100 = apolipoprotein B100. Blood samples were collected at -21, -14, -7, 0, 7, 14, and 21 d.