High-concentrate feeding upregulates the expression of inflammation-related genes in the ruminal epithelium of dairy cattle

Table 2 Mean values for blood chemistry and hematology for cows fed two different diets

Item	Diet			P-value
Item	LC^a	HC^b	SEM	Diet	Day	Diet x Day
White blood cells, 10¹²/L	7.30	8.82	0.326	0.004	0.001	0.091
Neutrophils, 10⁹/L	2.27	2.58	0.171	0.212	0.412	0.164
Lymphocytes, 10⁹/L	3.81	4.90	0.242	0.005	<0.001	0.084
Monocytes, 10⁹/L	1.22	1.08	0.075	0.185	0.029	0.295
Total protein, g/L	85.16	78.55	1.537	0.006	0.091	0.484
Globulin, g/L	54.75	46.69	1.280	0.000	0.091	0.513
Albumin, g/L	30.40	31.86	0.350	0.008	0.295	0.306
Urea nitrogen, mmol/L	8.11	7.56	0.276	0.173	0.542	0.215
Glucose, mmol/L	3.48	3.45	0.074	0.804	0.474	0.234
Triglyceride, mmol/L	0.10	0.09	0.003	0.091	0.124	0.110
Cholesterol, mmol/L	2.40	2.04	0.106	0.024	0.594	0.857
Low density lipoprotein, mmol/L	0.39	0.32	0.024	0.045	0.431	0.958
High density lipoprotein, mmol/L	1.15	1.13	0.041	0.757	0.471	0.967

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