Table 5.

Blood statistics in offspring of beef cows that were fed control or control plus supplementation from day 201 to 270 of gestation

	CON1		SUP1			P-value
Variable	0 h	24 h	0 h	24 h	SEM2	Diet	Time	Diet × time
pH	7.38	7.52	7.34	7.44	0.41	0.11	0.002	0.71
pCO2, kPa	6.84	5.16	7.93	5.71	0.41	0.04	<0.001	0.48
pO2, kPa	4.72	5.93	3.35	5.60	1.16	0.44	0.12	0.64
Hemoglobin, g/L	125.0	112.8	131.6	122.2	4.6	0.07	0.02	0.75
Base excess, mM	4.1	7.8	5.2	4.4	1.4	0.40	0.28	0.09
Plasma IgG, g/L	0.34	31.5	0.30	37.9	2.7	0.21	<0.001	0.21
Protein, g/L	41.5	58.5	42.2	64.5	1.8	0.05	<0.001	0.12
Plasma glucose, mM	3.27	6.04	2.87	6.84	0.33	0.55	<0.001	0.08
Blood lactate, mM	4.69	2.59	3.56	3.90	0.74	0.90	0.21	0.08
Plasma NEFA, μM	537	405	605	328	57	0.94	<0.001	0.21
Plasma urea, mM	6.88	8.03	7.71	7.88	0.58	0.56	0.26	0.40
Serum cortisol, nM	212	72	197	90	15	0.91	<0.001	0.26
Serum T3, nM	7.20	--	8.34	--	1.69	0.62	--	--
Serum T4, nM	138	--	138	--	15	0.96	--	--

¹Maternal diets; CON (n = 15), control group consuming basal diet; SUP (n = 12), supplemented group consuming basal diet + DDGS at 0.3% BW.

²SEM for n = 12.