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. 2020 Sep 1;7(3):566–574. doi: 10.5455/javar.2020.g454

Table 4. Effect of prenatal supplementation of energy sources on metabolic profiles of does after kidding.

Parameters Dietary treatmentsa SEM p-value
CON MS CG BG
TP (gm/dl) 5.51 6.44 5.63 6.29 0.173 0.134
Alb (gm/dl) 2.81b 3.49a 2.76b 3.05ab 0.106 0.042
Glob (gm/dl) 2.70 2.94 2.87 3.24 0.132 0.542
Glucose (mg/dl) 50.07 68.78 64.61 56.02 2.92 0.076
Urea (mg/dl) 49.99 47.88 58.05 49.78 2.17 0.440
Creatinine (mg/dl) 0.630 0.731 0.660 0.702 0.029 0.635
AST (IU/L) 59.17b 97.17a 66.40b 93.20a 4.46 0.001
ALT (IU/L) 24.67b 32.17a 29.40ab 32.20a 1.01 0.009
Vit A (µg/dl) 18.32c 44.15b 39.35b 60.37a 3.60 <0.001
TG (mg/dl) 35.12 47.45 35.63 41.78 1.93 0.063
CHO (mg/dl) 68.23b 65.56b 67.30b 92.66a 4.16 0.054
T.antioxid (mmol/l) 0.504 0.522 0.431 0.791 0.060 0.169

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

a

CON = 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 = Totalglycerides; CHOL = Cholesterol; T.antioxid = Total antioxident; SEM = Standard error of means.