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 | |||||
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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