Table 7.
Concentrations of plasma glucose and insulin, serum non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) and revised quantitative insulin sensitivity chek index (RQUICKI) from wethers born to ewes consuming endophyte-infected (E+) or endophyte-free (E−) fescue during MID (d 35-85) and LATE (d 86- parturition) gestation at specific time points during postnatal growth.
| Postnatal Time Points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth | Wean | Grower | Finish | SE | |
| Glucose, mg/dL | |||||
| E−/E− | 57.51 b | 72.66 a | 72.29 a | 80.66 a | 6.78 |
| E+/E+ | 55.13 b | 74.79 a | 76.96 a | 78.55 a | 5.87 |
| Insulin, ug/L | |||||
| E−/E− | 0.11 b | 0.25 ab | 0.39 a | 0.20 ab | 0.084 |
| E+/E+ | 0.14 b | 0.23 ab | 0.38 a | 0.35 ab | 0.073 |
| Glucose:Insulin | |||||
| E−/E− | 510.4 a | 345.4 a | 218.0 b | 402.2 a | 68.31 |
| E+/E+ | 428.6 a | 469.8 a | 237.9 b | 342.5 a | 59.16 |
| NEFA | |||||
| E−/E− | - | 0.91 a | 0.70 ab | 0.35 b | 0.200 |
| E+/E+ | - | 0.72 a | 0.58 ab | 0.49 b | 0.158 |
| RQUICKI | |||||
| E−/E− | - | 0.99 | 1.15 | 2.93 | 1.27 |
| E+/E+ | - | 3.25 | 0.90 | 1.30 | 1.10 |
a,b Means in the same row with uncommon superscripts differ (p < 0.05).