Table 5.

Serum biochemistry (metabolism) of peak lactation sheep Lacaune supplemented with dietary vegetable biocholine

Variables	Treatments1			SEM	P-value
	T0	T5	T10		Day	Treatment × day
Glucose (mg/dL)					<0.0001	0.95
day 0	43.3B	42.0B	42.0B	2.31
day 15	55.8A	58.7A	59.0A	2.31
day 20	45.1B	42.3B	43.0B	2.31
Total Protein (g/dL)					0.85	0.97
day 0	6.66	6.67	6.66	0.17
day 15	6.39	6.77	6.88	0.17
day 20	6.59	6.62	6.52	0.17
Albumin (g/dL)					<0.0001	0.84
day 0	2.87AB	2.90AB	2.87AB	0.11
day 15	2.53B	2.63B	2.65B	0.11
day 20	3.01A	3.27A	3.06A	0.11
Globulin (g/dL)					<0.0001	0.05
day 0	3.79B	3.77B	3.79B	0.06
day 15	3.76Bb	4.14Aa	4.22Aa	0.06
day 20	3.37Ab	3.37Bb	3.71Ba	0.06
Cholesterol (mg/dL)					<0.0001	0.35
day 0	48.9B	48.6B	51.3B	3.52
day 15	60.6A	71.2A	67.2A	3.92
day 20	59.4A	63.9A	55.9B	3.52
Triglycerides (mg/dL)					<0.0001	0.11
day 0	13.5B	14.9B	13.2B	1.15
day 15	15.4B	14.9B	12.9B	1.17
day 20	20.9A	19.8A	18.3A	1.19
Urea (mg/dL)					<0.0001	0.17
day 0	32.6	34.5B	35.6A	2.80
day 15	38.0	43.2A	39.2A	2.94
day 20	32.6	30.8B	23.4B	2.81

^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).

¹T0, T5 and T10 represents 0, 5 and 10 g of Biocholine Powder®/animal/day.