Table 6.

Bone markers in pups recovered from mothers receiving the control diet or the bLF-supplemented diet. The parameters were determined at postnatal day 17.

Parameters	Cont	bLF	p Value
Femur weight (mg)	174.8 ± 5.3	180.7 ± 11.4	NS
Femur dry weight (mg)	61.06 ± 2.04	75.20 ± 2.07	<0.0001
Collagen (mg)	42.98 ± 1.28	49.92 ± 1.43	0.0009
Mineral (mg)	18.08 ± 0.82	25.32 ± 0.69	<0.0001
Mineral %	29.37 ± 0.54	33.72 ± 0.44	<0.0001

Data represented are means ± SEM (n = 16 per group). The control and lactoferrin groups were compared by an unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test.