. 2021 Apr 12;7(4):e06732. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06732

Table 4.

Milk oxidant/antioxidant status of Lacaune ewes at peak lactation supplemented with dietary Biocholine Powder®.

Variables¹	Treatments²			SEM	P-value
Variables¹	T0	T5	T10	SEM	Day	Treatment × day
LPO (nmol/mL)					<0.0001	0.05
day 0	771	757^A	643^A	145
day 15	660	758^A	713^A	145
day 20	582^a	218^Bb	240^Bb	145
ROS (U DCF/mg protein)					<0.0001	<0.0001
day 0	2.12^A	2.03^A	1.97^A	0.25
day 15	1.61^AB	1.15^B	1.16^B	0.27
day 20	1.40^Ba	0.45^Cb	0.67^Bb	0.27
ACAP (U.F mg/μmol/mL)					<0.0001	<0.0001
day 0	0.70	0.73^C	0.71^C	0.07
day 15	0.59	0.92^B	0.90^B	0.07
day 20	0.61^b	1.07^Aa	1.15^Aa	0.07
SOD (U SOD/mg protein)					<0.0001	<0.0001
day 0	4.51^A	4.30^A	3.94^A	0.31
day 15	3.33^B	3.97^A	3.45^B	0.31
day 20	3.15^Bb	2.96^Bb	4.30^Aa	0.31

^a-bEffect of the interaction between treatment versus day (line), the averages followed by different lowercase letters differ from each other (P ≤ 0.05).

^A,BDay effect (column), the averages followed by different capital letters differ from each other (P ≤ 0.05).

Lipid peroxidation (LPO), reactive oxygen species (ROS), antioxidants non-protein thiols (NPSH) and superoxide dismutase (SOD).

T0, T5 and T10 represents 0, 5 and 10 g of Biocholine Powder®/animal/day.