Table 6.
Blood serum metabolites of the crossbred Santa Inês lambs fed diets with crude glycerin
| Item | Crude glycerin (%DM) | SEM | P value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| Total protein (g/dL) | 8.05 | 8.11 | 8.15 | 7.56 | 0.51 | 0.564 | 0.571 |
| Albumin (g/dL) | 3.12 | 3.05 | 3.38 | 3.02 | 0.11 | 0.969 | 0.278 |
| Globulin (g/dL) | 4.93 | 5.06 | 4.99 | 4.54 | 0.47 | 0.588 | 0.580 |
| A:G ratio | 0.67 | 0.65 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.06 | 0.409 | 0.943 |
| Urea-N (g/dL) | 14.31 | 14.7 | 13.2 | 11.8 | 0.71 | 0.004 | 0.438 |
| Glucose (g/dL) | 84.4 | 77.1 | 65.4 | 61.6 | 4.58 | <0.001 | 0.226 |
| Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 76.6 | 85.7 | 77.5 | 102 | 6.67 | 0.043 | 0.305 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 78.8 | 84.6 | 80.6 | 95.0 | 11.11 | 0.413 | 0.726 |
| ALT (IU/L) | 23.0 | 18.5 | 21.4 | 17.8 | 2.06 | 0.207 | 0.832 |
| AST (IU/L) | 133 | 131 | 147 | 129 | 11.19 | 0.931 | 0.526 |
| GGT (IU/L) | 5.77 | 6.26 | 6.76 | 10.8 | 1.57 | 0.214 | 0.530 |
IU = International units.
*Significant at P ≤ 0.05.