Table 4. Glucose concentrations (LSM ±SEM) in plasma and follicular fluid based on interaction of treatments and time from mid-lactating Girolando dairy cows fed diets with different crude protein (CP) concentrations.
| Treatments (g Kg-1 DM) | Days receiving the diets | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 38 | 52 | 68 | |||||
| Plasma | ||||||||
| 156 | 60.96 | ±1.30 (6) | 62.79 | ±1.30 (6) | 63.79 | ±1.30 (6) | 64.63 | ±1.30 (6) |
| 139 | 63.66 | ±1.43 (5) | 62.26 | ±1.43 (5) | 65.26 | ±1.43 (5) | 67.32 | ±1.53 (5) |
| 132 | 66.06 | ±1.42 (5) | 66.46 | ±1.42 (5) | 65.06 | ±1.42 (5) | 63.66 | ±1.42 (5) |
| 127 | 64.96 | ±1.31 (6) | 62.62 | ±1.31 (6) | 65.46 | ±1.31 (6) | 68.12 | ±1.31 (6) |
| P-value | ||||||||
| Linear | 0.0674 | 0.9372 | 0.4918 | 0.1494 | ||||
| Quad | 0.0442 | 0.0631 | 0.6498 | 0.3178 | ||||
| Follicular Fluid | ||||||||
| 156 | 73.12 | ±9.30 (6) | 68.62 | ±4.64 (6) | 67.60 | ±1.01 (6) | 69.00 | ±4.05 (6) |
| 139 | 65.66 | ±11.73 (5) | 73.82 | ±4.79 (5) | 69.08 | ±1.23 (5) | 73.60 | ±4.11 (5) |
| 132 | 72.64 | ±10.39 (5) | 70.29 | ±5.73 (6) | 69.66 | ±1.11 (5) | 71.60 | ±4.11 (5) |
| 127 | 70.36 | ±9.31 (6) | 77.57 | ±5.01 (5) | 65.97 | ±1.01 (6) | 81.97 | ±3.43 (6) |
| P-value | ||||||||
| Linear | 1.000 | 0.2674 | 0.1249 | 0.0263 | ||||
| Quad | 0.9417 | 0.8760 | 0.0462 | 0.6963 | ||||