Table 6. Effects of supplementation with rumen-protected choline (TC), rumen-protected methionine (TM) or both (TCM) on the plasma indicators of antioxidant status (means of whole period) in transition dairy cows1.
Items | T0 | TC | TM | TCM | SEM | P-value | ||
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C | M | C×M | ||||||
T-AOC, U/mL | 1.65 | 1.83 | 1.77 | 1.89 | 0.031 | <0.001 | 0.007 | 0.368 |
MDA, nmol/mL | 3.54 | 3.40 | 3.45 | 3.23 | 0.068 | 0.010 | 0.063 | 0.514 |
GSH-Px, U | 101.74 | 109.08 | 107.93 | 111.87 | 1.713 | 0.002 | 0.012 | 0.327 |
SOD, U/mL | 12.60 | 13.00 | 13.16 | 13.29 | 0.294 | 0.367 | 0.153 | 0.656 |
CAT, U/mL | 6.48 | 6.59 | 6.78 | 6.77 | 0.345 | 0.886 | 0.488 | 0.857 |
Vitamin E, μg/mL | 1.91 | 2.12 | 2.09 | 2.37 | 0.070 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.668 |
1T-AOC = total antioxidant capacity, MDA = malondialdehyde, GSH-Px = glutathione peroxidase, SOD = superoxide dismutase, and CAT = catalase. Blood samples were collected at -21, -14, -7, 0, 7, 14, and 21 d.