Table 6.

Plasma biochemical indices of pregnant beetal goats.

Biochemicals	Levels of Moringa oleifera leaf powder supplementation			SEM	p-value
	0%	1.6%	3.2%
Day 0
Total soluble proteins (mg/mL)	59.40 ± 0.37	61.63 ± 0.46	62.13 ± 0.99	0.21	0.071
Total sugars (mg/mL)	4.45 ± 0.08b	4.60 ± 0.09b	5.18 ± 0.06a	0.04	0.038
Carotenoids (μg/mL)	158.10 ± 0.59b	160.11 ± 0.51b	165.69 ± 0.52a	0.15	0.040
Lycopene (μg/mL)	100 ± 0.41	103 ± 0.82	110 ± 1.78	0.39	0.064
Day 20
Total soluble proteins (mg/mL)	60.48 ± 0.34	61.80 ± 0.18	63.13 ± 0.45	0.15	0.089
Total sugars (mg/mL)	4.11 ± 0.41b	5.57 ± 0.12b	6.47 ± 0.02a	0.15	0.043
Carotenoids (μg/mL)	156.53 ± 1.38b	163.79 ± 0.45b	177.49 ± 0.71a	0.21	0.007
Lycopene (μg/mL)	98 ± 1.15b	105.25 ± 1.79b	128.75 ± 1.48a	0.91	0.004
Day 40
Total soluble proteins (mg/mL)	56.25 ± 0.96c	64.67 ± 0.41b	68.03 ± 0.79a	0.63	0.013
Total sugars (mg/mL)	4.01 ± 0.29b	5.62 ± 0.22b	6.95 ± 0.09a	0.07	0.013
Carotenoids (μg/mL)	160.94 ± 0.44b	169.9 ± 1.89b	188.81 ± 0.63a	1.24	0.017
Lycopene (μg/mL)	95.5 ± 0.64c	118.75 ± 0.75b	132.25 ± 0.63a	0.29	<0.001
Day 60
Total soluble proteins (mg/mL)	51.48 ± 0.74c	66.31 ± 0.29b	71.80 ± 0.64a	0.26	0.006
Total sugars (mg/mL)	3.95 ± 0.22c	5.74 ± 0.08b	7.09 ± 0.24a	0.09	0.019
Carotenoids (μg/mL)	166.73 ± 0.48c	182.45 ± 0.55b	191.01 ± 0.85a	0.54	0.002
Lycopene (μg/mL)	97.75 ± 0.48c	127 ± 0.91b	145.75 ± 0.48a	0.44	<0.001

Means with different superscript letters (a, b, c) within the same row differ significantly at P ≤ 0.05.