Item
|
Maternal diet
|
Sex
|
P value1
|
---|
CON
|
MET
|
Bull
|
Heifer
|
SEM
|
M
|
S
|
M × S
|
---|
Body weight, kg
|
42.1b
|
44.1a
|
44.9a
|
41.3b
|
0.70
|
0.04
|
< 0.01
|
–
|
Hip height, cm
|
79.6b
|
81.3a
|
81.0
|
79.8
|
0.53
|
0.02
|
0.11
|
–
|
Hip width, cm
|
16.3b
|
16.5ab
|
16.7a
|
16.1b
|
0.24
|
0.74
|
0.05
|
0.03
|
Wither height, cm
|
75.9b
|
77.8a
|
77.1
|
76.6
|
0.47
|
< 0.01
|
0.38
|
–
|
Body length, cm
|
110
|
112
|
112a
|
109b
|
1.0
|
0.30
|
0.04
|
–
|
Blood biomarkers, mmol/L
|
Glucose
|
4.54
|
4.85
|
4.82
|
4.57
|
0.68
|
0.72
|
0.78
|
–
|
Cholesterol
|
0.59
|
0.67
|
0.64
|
0.62
|
0.03
|
0.09
|
0.69
|
–
|
NEFA
|
0.94
|
1.20
|
1.03
|
1.11
|
0.10
|
0.07
|
0.55
|
–
|
Urea
|
5.63
|
6.31
|
6.47
|
5.47
|
0.39
|
0.19
|
0.06
|
–
|
BHBA
|
0.07
|
0.05
|
0.06
|
0.06
|
0.01
|
0.11
|
0.48
|
–
|
Creatinine
|
206
|
225
|
197
|
234
|
17.0
|
0.42
|
0.11
|
–
|
Amino acids, μmol/L
|
His
|
8.81a
|
6.51b
|
7.59
|
7.73
|
0.61
|
0.01
|
0.86
|
–
|
Ile
|
3.95
|
3.92
|
4.78a
|
3.08b
|
0.51
|
0.97
|
0.02
|
–
|
Leu
|
7.51
|
6.74
|
8.43a
|
5.82b
|
0.80
|
0.47
|
0.02
|
–
|
Lys
|
3.49a
|
2.54b
|
3.37
|
2.66
|
0.35
|
0.05
|
0.14
|
–
|
Met
|
2.41
|
1.80
|
2.21
|
2.01
|
0.24
|
0.06
|
0.54
|
–
|
Phe
|
4.63
|
4.20
|
4.40
|
4.44
|
0.32
|
0.30
|
0.93
|
–
|
Thr
|
4.72
|
3.69
|
4.66
|
3.75
|
0.66
|
0.24
|
0.30
|
–
|
Val
|
14.22
|
13.11
|
15.60a
|
11.74b
|
1.11
|
0.45
|
0.01
|
–
|
Ala
|
69.71
|
50.40
|
70.81a
|
49.30b
|
7.79
|
0.07
|
0.05
|
–
|
Arg
|
6.79
|
6.29
|
7.01
|
6.07
|
0.55
|
0.49
|
0.21
|
–
|
Asn
|
2.10a
|
1.60b
|
2.08
|
1.62
|
0.18
|
0.04
|
0.06
|
–
|
Asp
|
1.00
|
1.06
|
1.09
|
0.96
|
0.11
|
0.63
|
0.35
|
–
|
Glu
|
3.04
|
3.37
|
3.68a
|
2.73b
|
0.26
|
0.33
|
0.01
|
–
|
Gln
|
43.35
|
37.60
|
45.24
|
36.03
|
3.95
|
0.22
|
0.06
|
–
|
Gly
|
46.18
|
44.84
|
47.75
|
43.27
|
3.66
|
0.78
|
0.36
|
–
|
Pro
|
10.87
|
10.96
|
12.14a
|
9.69b
|
0.92
|
0.94
|
0.05
|
–
|
Ser
|
7.30
|
7.52
|
8.57a
|
6.25b
|
0.80
|
0.84
|
0.04
|
–
|
Tau
|
2.51
|
2.39
|
2.65
|
2.25
|
0.37
|
0.81
|
0.42
|
–
|
Tyr
|
3.40
|
2.78
|
2.96
|
3.22
|
0.25
|
0.08
|
0.44
|
–
|
Orn
|
0.26
|
0.22
|
0.27
|
0.21
|
0.02
|
0.18
|
0.06
|
–
|
3-methyl-His
|
0.35
|
0.31
|
0.32
|
0.33
|
0.04
|
0.48
|
0.79
|
–
|
- 1M, maternal diet effect; S, bull or heifer effect
- a,bMeans on the same row differ (P ≤ 0.05).