Table 3. Seasonal changes of vitamin A and E concentrations on sows serum, colostrum and milk.
Winter | SEM | Summer | SEM | p-value | |
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Vitamin A µg/mL | |||||
Serum | |||||
Gestation (100 d) | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.772 |
Post-partum (21 d) | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.22 | 0.01 | < 0.001 |
Colostrum | 1.38 | 0.15 | 1.23 | 0.15 | 0.503 |
Milk | 0.42 | 0.02 | 0.38 | 0.02 | 0.25 |
Vitamin E (µg/mL) | |||||
Serum | |||||
Gestation (100 d) | 2.00 | 0.10 | 0.90 | 0.10 | < 0.001 |
Post-partum (21 d) | 1.40 | 0.16 | 0.96 | 0.18 | 0.39 |
Colostrum | 8.48 | 0.68 | 8.29 | 0.69 | 0.92 |
Milk | 2.23 | 0.11 | 1.81 | 0.12 | 0.03 |
SEM, standard error of the mean.