Table 3.
Effects of probiotics and CMP on serum biochemical indices in lambs.
| Items | Control | Probiotics | CMP | Compound | SEM | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TP (g/L) | 72.69 | 72.98 | 74.51 | 71.54 | 0.83 | 0.691 |
| ALB (g/L) | 27.70 | 27.42 | 26.68 | 28.08 | 0.54 | 0.844 |
| GLB (g/L) | 44.99 | 45.56 | 47.83 | 43.46 | 0.61 | 0.070 |
| BUN (mmol/L) | 6.03 | 6.75 | 7.68 | 7.01 | 0.31 | 0.314 |
| GLU (mmol/L) | 3.86b | 4.41a | 3.65b | 4.33a | 0.09 | 0.001 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 0.32 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.01 | 0.463 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 2.49 | 2.32 | 2.38 | 2.32 | 0.09 | 0.907 |
| IgA/(g/L) | 0.48b | 0.48b | 0.54a | 0.45b | 0.01 | 0.025 |
| IgG/(g/L) | 20.91b | 24.17a | 23.22a | 19.18b | 0.57 | 0.001 |
| IgM/(g/L) | 1.25b | 1.25ab | 1.28a | 1.24b | 0.01 | 0.035 |
a, bMeans within a row with no common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05).
Control: the basal diet (n = 5); probiotics: supplemented with 0.1% probiotics (consists of Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus subtilis, and Lactobacillus plantarum at a ratio of 1:1:0.5) in the basal diet; CMP: supplemented with 0.1% Chinese medicine polysaccharides in the basal diet, which come from the mixture of Lycium barbarum and Astragalus membranaceus in the ratio of 2:1, and in which the content of polysaccharides was 114.7 mg/g; compound: supplemented with 0.1% probiotics and 0.1% Chinese medicine polysaccharides in the basal diet.
All traits in this table were analyzed with cattle as the experimental unit.
TP, total protein; ALB, albumin; GLB, globulin; GLB, TP-ALB; BUN, blood urea nitrogen.
GLU, blood glucose; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride.
IgA, immunoglobulin A; IgG, immunoglobulin G; IgM, immunoglobulin M.