Table 3. Effect of prenatal supplementation of energy sources on metabolic profiles of does before kidding.

Parameters	Dietary treatmentsa				SEM	p-value
	CON	MS	CG	BG
TP (gm/dl)	6.05	5.65	5.86	5.68	0.125	0.634
Alb (gm/dl)	2.94a	2.42ab	2.85ab	2.23b	0.094	0.008
Glob (gm/dl)	3.11	3.23	3.02	3.45	0.135	0.742
Glucose (mg/dl)	58.47	53.89	54.53	53.18	2.33	0.854
Urea (mg/dl)	39.80b	40.31ab	43.36ab	51.72a	1.82	0.047
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.538	0.660	0.659	0.680	0.036	0.473
AST (IU/L)	72.71a	61.83ab	61.40ab	55.50b	2.57	0.042
ALT (IU/L)	32.29a	24.17ab	24.00ab	21.17b	1.45	0.017
VitA (µg/dl)	23.59b	22.46b	27.18ab	32.99a	1.22	0.003
TG (mg/dl)	127.77	134.13	125.84	125.4	3.24	0.791
CHOL (mg/dl)	100.52	115.24	114.79	115.44	3.11	0.208
T. antioxid (mmol/l)	0.478	0.489	0.548	0.459	0.066	0.976

Means within the same row carrying different small superscripts are significantly different at p < 0.05.

^aCON = control; MS = 200 gm corn starch and 100 gm of molasses /h/d; CG = 300 gm/head/d of corn grains;

BG= 300 gm/h/d of barley grains.

TP = Total protein; Alb = Albumin; Glob = Globulin; AST = Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT = Alanine aminotransferase; VitA = Vitamin A; TG = Total glycerides; CHOL = Cholesterol; T.antioxid = Total antioxident;

SEM = Standard error of means.