Table 3.

Plasma biochemical parameters and ruminal pH¹.

Item	Group		P-value
	CON	SARA
Plasma triglyceride, mmol/L	0.102 ± 0.002	0.0875 ± 0.006	0.046
Plasma glucose, mmol/L	3.35 ± 0.16	3.30 ± 0.20	0.842
Ruminal pH	6.31 ± 0.87	5.79 ± 0.92	0.002

CON = control; SARA = subacute ruminal acidosis.

¹The data were analyzed by an independent-samples t-test using the Compare Means of SPASS 11.0 for Windows (StaSoft Inc, Tulsa, OK, USA). Values are mean ± SEM.