Table 1.
Effect of two doses of dietary menthol-rich plant bioactive lipid compounds (PBLC) on eating behaviour of sheep
| Attribute | Treatment (n = 8)a | SEMb | P valuesc | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | PBLC-L | PBLC-H | Treatment | L | Q | C vs. PBLC | ||
| Eating time (min/d)d | 264x | 263x | 290y | 8.6 | 0.034 | 0.046 | 0.19 | 0.25 |
| Feeder visit (number/d)d | 228x | 268xy | 288y | 18.0 | 0.047 | 0.028 | 0.68 | 0.036 |
| Average meal length (min)e | ||||||||
| Upper 5th percentile | 6.01x | 5.05y | 5.27xy | 0.324 | 0.048 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.047 |
| Upper 10th percentile | 5.73 | 4.91 | 5.03 | 0.307 | 0.16 | 0.060 | ||
| Upper 25th percentile | 4.76 | 4.37 | 4.37 | 0.232 | 0.41 | 0.19 | ||
| Eating rate (g/min)f | 4.72 | 4.85 | 4.49 | 0.155 | 0.26 | 0.80 | ||
x,yTreatment means with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05) within a row
aLeast square mean values are reported for treatments: control, without PBLC; PBLC-L, lower dose (80 mg/d) of PBLC; and PBLC-H, higher dose (160 mg/d) of PBLC
bStandard error of mean
cContrast: L Linear effect, Q Quadratic effect, and C vs. PBLC Control versus pooled PBLC groups
dAverage values of last 3-week data
eMeal length was determined in the last week
fWeek (P = 0.61) and week × treatment (P = 0.80) effects were not significant