. 2020 Aug 5;4(3):txaa142. doi: 10.1093/tas/txaa142

Table 7.

Blood profile of Bos indicus beef animals offered diets containing whole cottonseed and corn germ (CONT; n = 6), calcium salts of soybean oil (CSSO; n = 6), calcium salts of palm, soybean, and cottonseed oil (CSVO; n = 6), or a mixture of whole cottonseed, corn germ, and CSVO (MIXT; n = 6) as lipid sources

Item^a	Treatments				SEM	P
	CONT	CSSO	CSVO	MIXT
Cholesterol, mg/dL
Initial	171.0	183.4	177.7	187.9	5.52	0.20
Final	253.7	258.2	254.3	265.6	13.64	0.94
TG, mg/dL
Initial	8.8^a	12.5^b	11.8^b	11.4^b	0.69	< 0.01
Final	15.0^c	25.4^a	22.1^ab	20.4^b	1.70	0.03
HDL, mg/dL
Initial	84.9	85.9	88.0	89.3	2.00	0.44
Final	105.7	104.6	106.0	103.1	2.88	0.89
VLDL, mg/dL
Initial	1.8^a	2.5^b	2.4^b	2.3^b	0.14	< 0.01
Final	3.0^b	4.9^a	4.4^a	4.1^a	0.34	0.04
LDL, mg/dL
Initial	83.1^b	107.5^a	86.8^b	94.4^ab	6.39	0.07
Final	144.3	138.0	145.3	162.5	13.45	0.58

Experimental diets were offered for 108 d. Blood samples were collected on days 0 and 108 of the experimental period. Values obtained on day 0 were analyzed as covariates and final results (day 108) were covaritely adjusted. Within rows, values with different superscript differ (P ≤ 0.10).

^aTG = triglycerides; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; VLDL = very low-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein.