Table 12.
Blood biochemical parameters of bulls.
| Item | VWP in concentrate, % DM |
SEM |
P - value |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 10 | 20 | 30 | |||
| BS, mmol/L | 4.55 | 4.28 | 4.08 | 3.6 | 0.61 | 0.067 |
| BUN, mg/dL | 40.28 | 39.20 | 36.17 | 37.83 | 4.01 | 0.321 |
| TC, mg/dL | 76.14 | 73.40 | 89.33 | 79.17 | 13.27 | 0.221 |
| Triglyceride, mg/dL | 34.71 | 30.20 | 33.50 | 33.67 | 10.40 | 0.899 |
| LDL, mg/dL | 53.14 | 45.60 | 66.83 | 54.50 | 17.07 | 0.247 |
| HDL, mg/dL | 16.14 | 15.60 | 15.17 | 16.83 | 2.73 | 0.747 |
| Liver and kidney function tests | ||||||
| SGPT, U/L | 38.71b | 34.00b | 21.00a | 27.00a | 4.99 | 0.000 |
| SGOT, U/L | 60.85 | 58.20 | 43.67 | 55.67 | 18.04 | 0.377 |
| Creatinine, mg/dL | 0.91 | 0.86 | 0.95 | 0.98 | 0.16 | 0.634 |
VWP = processed vegetable waste; SEM = standard error of mean; BS = blood sugar; BUN = blood urea nitrogen; TC = total cholesterol; LDL = low density lipoprotein; HDL = high density lipoprotein; SGPT = serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase; SGOT = serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase.
a,b Different superscripts in the same raw differ significantly (P < 0.05).