Table 2. The effect of maternal treatment with HMB on biochemical and hormonal analysis in blood serum in newborn piglets.
Item | Female | Male | SEM | Influence of | ||||
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control | HMB | control | HMB | treatment | sex | Interaction of treatment*sex | ||
P, mmol/L | 2.38a | 1.43b | 2.34a | 1.62b | 0.10 | <0.001 | 0.522 | 0.152 |
Ca+2, mmol/L | 1.35b | 1.24a | 1.34ab | 1.11c | 0.03 | <0.001 | 0.023 | 0.063 |
Total Ca, mmol/L | 2.64c | 2.41ab | 2.62bc | 2.19a | 0.05 | <0.001 | 0.046 | 0.101 |
TAP, U/L | 2276ab | 3054b | 1250a | 2977b | 200 | <0.001 | 0.058 | 0.203 |
Leptin, ng/mL | 29.72a | 39.47b | 29.84a | 41.77b | 0.95 | <0.001 | 0.804 | 0.171 |
IGF I, ng/mL | 22.82a | 60.70b | 13.60a | 53.92b | 2.98 | <0.001 | 0.029 | 0.683 |
LH, ng/mL | 1.05a | 1.35a | 1.05a | 3.13b | 0.14 | <0.001 | 0.002 | 0.002 |
FSH, ng/mL | 23.00a | 52.31b | 25.96a | 75.53c | 4.53 | <0.001 | 0.010 | 0.039 |
Estradiol, ng/mL | 0.881a | 1.961b | 0.550a | 2.255b | 0.132 | <0.001 | 0.924 | 0.102 |
Testosterone, ng/mL | 0.092a | 0.123b | 0.120ab | 0.170c | 0.006 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.317 |
a, b, c—mean values in rows with different letters differ significantly at P<0.05; SEM—standard error of the means.