Table 5.
Effects of inclusive ML treatments on blood metabolites of sheep.
| Item | Treatments | SEM 1 | p-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ML0 | ML8 | ML24 | ML32 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| TP (g/L) | 56.50 | 56.37 | 57.75 | 55.38 | 0.458 | 0.63 | 0.23 |
| ALB (g/L) | 23.48 | 24.10 | 23.77 | 23.22 | 0.246 | 0.62 | 0.26 |
| BUN (μ mol/L) | 8.88 a | 6.37 b | 6.87 ab | 5.87 b | 0.436 | 0.02 | 0.34 |
| GLU (μ mol/L) | 3.46 | 3.53 | 3.53 | 3.49 | 0.055 | 0.89 | 0.67 |
| CHO (μ mol/L) | 1.60 | 1.57 | 1.39 | 1.41 | 0.043 | 0.11 | 0.39 |
| TG (μ mol/L) | 0.32 | 0.36 | 0.46 | 0.41 | 0.028 | 0.16 | 0.43 |
| HDL (μ mol/L) | 0.77 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.021 | 0.35 | 0.24 |
| LDL (U/L) | 0.54 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.019 | 0.06 | 0.29 |
1 SEM = standard error of means; TP = total protein; ALB = albumin; BUN = blood urea nitrogen; GLU = glucose; CHO = total cholesterol; TG = triglyceride; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein. a,b Means followed by different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05).