Table 7.
Serum oxidant/antioxidant status of Lacaune ewes at peak lactation supplemented with dietary vegetable biocholine.
| Variables1 | Treatments2 |
SEM |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T0 | T5 | T10 | Day | Treatment × day | ||
| LPO (nmol/mL) |
<0.0001 |
<0.0001 |
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| day 0 | 191 | 206.4A | 204.8A | 17.1 | ||
| day 15 | 192a | 59.4Bb | 58.2Bb | 17.1 | ||
| day 20 |
165a |
88.8Bb |
78.0Bb |
18.1 |
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| ROS (U DCF/mg protein) |
<0.0001 |
<0.0001 |
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| day 0 | 1.17 | 1.25A | 1.38A | 0.10 | ||
| day 15 | 1.35a | 0.44Bb | 0.29Bb | 0.11 | ||
| day 20 |
1.40a |
0.48Bb |
0.45Bb |
0.10 |
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| NPSH (μmol/mL) |
<0.0001 |
<0.0001 |
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| day 0 | 1.93A | 1.88B | 1.92B | 0.07 | ||
| day 15 | 1.91A | 1.84B | 1.79C | 0.07 | ||
| day 20 |
1.71Bc |
2.03Ab |
2.21Aa |
0.07 |
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| SOD (U SOD/mg protein) |
0.42 |
0.38 |
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| day 0 | 5.88 | 5.62 | 5.81 | 0.3 | ||
| day 15 | 5.82 | 5.49 | 5.22 | 0.3 | ||
| day 20 | 5.64 | 6.06 | 5.87 | 0.3 | ||
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).
1
Lipid peroxidation (LPO), reactive oxygen species (ROS), antioxidants non-protein thiols (NPSH) and superoxide enzyme dismutase (SOD).
2
T0, T5 and T10 represents 0, 5 and 10 g of Biocholine Powder®/animal/day.