. 2021 Nov 2;11(4):587–597. doi: 10.5455/OVJ.2021.v11.i4.8

Table 3. Treatments’ mean values associated to analyzed metabolites through the experimental periods for grazing dairy cows under tropical conditions.

		Periods (days with respect to partum)
Variable	Treatment	−30	SE	−15	SE	0	SE	15	SE	30	SE	45	SE	Covariate ( p-value)	Interaction ( p-value)
BHB (mmol/l)	1	0.49^a	0.2	0.57^a	0	0.79^a	0	1.07^a	0	0.95^a	0	0.81^a	0	0.001	<0.0001
	2	0.58^a	0.08	0.58^a	0.08	0.72^a	0.08	0.65^c	0.08	0.64^c	0.08	0.79^a	0.08
	3	0.49^a	0.03	0.4^b	0.03	0.74^a	0.03	0.93^b	0.03	0.86^bc	0.03	0.63^a	0.03
NEFA (mmol/l)	1	0.25^a	0.12	0.39^a	0.08	0.68^a	0.08	0.50^a	0.08	0.25^a	0.08	0.24^a	0.08	0.0142	0.0338
	2	0.23^a	0.06	0.33^a	0.06	0.55^a	0.06	0.32^a	0.06	0.35^a	0.06	0.28^a	0.06
	3	0.26^a	0.03	0.30^a	0.03	0.36^b	0.03	0.29^a	0.03	0.23^a	0.03	0.19^a	0.03
Glucose (mmol/l)	1	3.58^a	0.4	3.79^a	0.17	2.39^ab	0.17	2.44^a	0.18	2.85^a	0.12	2.85^a	0.37	NS	0.0003
	2	3.74^a	0.27	3.25^b	0.17	2.03^b	0.17	2.13^a	0.18	1.91^b	0.12	2.4^a	0.37
	3	2.82^a	0.27	2.94^b	0.17	2.79^a	0.17	2.52^a	0.18	2.38^ab	0.12	2.62^a	0.37
Insulin (pmol/l)	1	125.0^b	12.4	79.3^b	8.2	54.11^b	8.2	63.69^a	8.2	66.4^b	8.2	85.65^b	8.2	NS	<0.0001
	2	187.1^a	10.6	159.6^a	10.6	102.0^a	10.6	74.97^a	10.6	72.68^b	10.6	85.7^b	10.6
	3	132.9^b	16.3	154.5^a	16.3	126.3^a	16.3	86.0^a	16.3	120.6^a	16.3	129.9^a	16.3