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Table 5 Effect of two doses of dietary menthol-rich PBLC on selected serum metabolites in sheep

From: Effects of dietary menthol-rich bioactive lipid compounds on zootechnical traits, blood variables and gastrointestinal function in growing sheep

Attribute

Treatmenta

SEM

Contrastb

Control

PBLC-L

PBLC-H

 

1

2

3

Glucose, mmol/L

4.04

3.95

3.98

0.065

0.49

0.43

0.32

Calcium, mmol/L

2.62

2.62

2.68#

0.022

0.089

0.41

0.26

Bilirubin, μmol/L

0.76

0.86

0.81

0.107

0.74

0.57

0.57

Tryglyceride, mmol/L

0.23

0.22

0.24

0.022

0.81

0.63

0.98

Cholesterol, mmol/L

1.60

1.65

1.64

0.044

0.53

0.44

0.41

Magnesium, mmol/L

1.00

1.01

1.01

0.018

0.90

0.99

0.91

Urea, mmol/L

9.38

10.1

9.61

0.382

0.67

0.21

0.32

  1. SEM standard error of mean
  2. aControl: without PBLC; PBLC-L: lower dose (80 mg/d) of PBLC; and PBLC-H: higher dose (160 mg/d) of PBLC
  3. bContrast: 1 = linear effect; 2 = quadratic effect; and 3 = Control versus both PBLC groups
  4. #Mean values differ compared with the control at P < 0.10