Table 2.
The effects of breed and sex on serum biochemical parameters of cattle.
| Item 3 | AY 1 | YL 2 | Pooled SEM |
p Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heifers | Steers | Heifers | Steers | Breed | Sex | B × S | ||
| GLU (mmol/L) | 2.55 | 3.05 | 2.70 | 3.33 | 0.284 | 0.435 | 0.047 | 0.857 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.27 | 0.023 | 0.810 | 0.256 | 0.448 |
| CHO (mmol/L) | 4.08 | 4.02 | 4.09 | 3.93 | 0.266 | 0.882 | 0.685 | 0.837 |
| NEFA (mmol/L) | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.025 | 0.401 | 0.073 | 0.711 |
| BHB (mmol/L) | 0.13 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.019 | 0.422 | 0.007 | 0.538 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.27 | 0.089 | 0.105 | 0.596 | 0.289 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 0.93 | 0.96 | 1.00 | 0.92 | 0.069 | 0.880 | 0.745 | 0.423 |
| CREA (mmol/L) | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.007 | 0.777 | 0.329 | 0.742 |
| UREA (mmol/L) | 4.46 | 4.62 | 4.87 | 4.86 | 0.234 | 0.169 | 0.756 | 0.727 |
| AST (U/L) | 74.8 | 70.4 | 56.9 | 65.3 | 4.90 | 0.025 | 0.685 | 0.198 |
| ALT (U/L) | 23.6 | 24.6 | 21.3 | 24.6 | 1.57 | 0.455 | 0.174 | 0.479 |
| ALP (U/L) | 76.6 | 102.2 | 122.0 | 156.7 | 12.6 | <0.001 | 0.023 | 0.722 |
| TP (U/L) | 56.0 | 59.9 | 59.1 | 60.2 | 2.86 | 0.559 | 0.381 | 0.621 |
| ALB (U/L) | 32.4 | 33.4 | 33.2 | 33.6 | 1.20 | 0.645 | 0.554 | 0.793 |
1 AY, Angus × Yiling cattle; 2 YL, Yiling cattle; 3 GLU, glucose; TG, triglyceride; CHO, cholesterol; NEFA, non-esterified fatty acid; BHB, beta-hydroxybutyrate; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; CREA, creatinine; UREA, urea; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; TP, total protein; ALB, albumin.