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. 2020 Oct 7;15(10):e0239786. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239786

Table 5. Blood parameters of Holstein x Gyr crossbred heifers on a rotational grazing system Panicum maximum cv. Mombaça pasture.

Item Supplement1 SEM2 P-Value3
CON S12CP S24CP CON × SUP S12CP × S24CP PER TR × PER
Urea, mg/dL 33.45 31.75 37.08 1.286 0.551 0.010 0.001 0.002
Glucose, mg/dL 72.87 76.75 74.66 1.647 0.180 0.385 0.001 0.031
Albumin, mg/dL 2.86 3.05 3.17 0.066 0.008 0.233 0.358 0.621
Total protein, mg/dL 7.37 7.45 7.37 0.177 0.873 0.782 0.063 0.486
Total Cholesterol, mg/dL 89.62 93.91 78.87 6.656 0.697 0.130 0.941 0.850
Triglycerides, mg/dL 7.66 8.00 8.70 0.694 0.427 0.485 0.002 0.342
Insulin, μUI/mL 2.25 2.58 2.55 0.406 0.534 0.963 0.009 0.846
IGF-I, ng/mL 227.08 231.87 225.75 27.545 0.959 0.877 0.002 0.804

1CON = not supplemented; S12CP: supplemented with concentrate containing 12% CP; S24CP: supplemented with concentrate containing 24% CP.

2Standard error of the mean.

3CON × SUP = effect of supplementation; S12CP × S24CP = effect between protein levels in the supplement; PER = effect of period; TR×PER = interaction effect between supplementation and period