Table 4. Effect of prenatal supplementation of energy sources on metabolic profiles of does after kidding.
Parameters | Dietary treatmentsa | SEM | p-value | |||
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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.
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.