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Table 4.

Effect of feed intake restriction during late pregnancy on CHE, LPL, HL, TG in ewe’s liver and on NEFA, BHBA in ewe’s blood

Items	Day 140			SEM	p-value

	RG1¹⁾	RG2¹⁾	CG¹⁾
In liver
CHE (U/mg)	13.84^b	19.31^ab	20.10^a	1.25	0.021
LPL (U/mg)	2.27^b	2.79^b	4.03^a	0.19	0.0003
HL (U/mg)	2.32^b	3.05^b	4.44^a	0.26	0.0008
TG (mmol/g)	1.89^a	0.51^b	0.44^b	0.16	0.0001
In blood
NEFA (μmol/L)	1,236.80^a	1,186.50^a	415.75^b	57.92	0.0001
BHBA (mmol/L)	2.61^a	0.76^b	0.53^b	0.15	0.0001

CHE, acetylcholinesterase; LPL, lipoprotein lipase; HL, hepatic lipase; TG, triglycerides; NEFA, nonesterified free fatty acids; BHBA, β-hydroxybutyric acid; SEM, standard error of the mean.

¹⁾

RG1, restricted group 1 (0.18 MJ ME/kg W^0.75 d); RG2, restricted group 2 (0.33 MJ ME/kg W^0.75 d); CG, control group, ad libitum (0.67 MJ ME/kg W^0.75 d).

^a–b

Within a row, means with different letters differ (p<0.05).