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Table 3 Hematocrit and arterial concentration of gases, insulin, urea, and amino acids in sows during late gestation and in early and peak lactation

From: Net absorption and liver metabolism of amino acids and heat production of portal-drained viscera and liver in multiparous sows during transition and lactation

Item

DIM1

SEM

ST1

SEM

P-value

 

-10

-3

3

17

 

−0.5

0.5

1.5

2.5

3.5

4.5

5.5

6.5

 

DIM

ST

ST×DIM

Hematocrit, %

27.5ab

28.1a

27.0bc

26.3c

0.5

28.4a

28.4a

26.8b

26.6b

26.7b

26.8b

26.9b

27.1b

0.5

0.008

< 0.001

0.54

O2, mmol/L

5.9

5.8

5.7

5.8

0.1

6.2a

6.1a

5.8b

5.7b

5.6b

5.6b

5.7b

5.7b

0.1

0.46

< 0.001

0.64

CO2, mmol/L

27.2b

26.5c

29.1a

28.5a

0.3

27.1d

27.0d

28.2b

28.8a

28.3b

27.9bc

27.8bc

27.4cd

0.3

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.008

Insulin, mmol/L

62.2b

46.3b

90.3a

107.9a

7.7

29.9d

224.7a

90.9b

90.0b

66.1c

42.6d

39.9d

29.3d

10.1

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Urea, mmol/L

3.7b

3.9b

3.3c

6.2a

0.2

4.4a

4.3b

4.3c

4.3bc

4.3bc

4.3bc

4.3c

4.2d

0.2

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.02

Essential AA, μmol/L

 Lys

97.0b

90.3b

133.9a

84.5b

12.0

86.1d

114.1ab

112.1ab

116.7a

108.3b

99.7c

88.4d

85.9d

8.4

0.005

< 0.001

0.77

 Met

28.3

27.1

26.0

24.9

1.8

25.6d

31.3a

28.5b

26.7cd

27.5bc

25.6d

23.7e

24.0de

1.4

0.37

< 0.001

0.68

 Thr

174.3

189.6

180.7

163.3

14.1

163.4d

185.5ab

186.3ab

190.0a

184.0b

177.8c

166.7d

162.1d

11.9

0.17

< 0.001

0.55

 Trp

69.3a

68.5a

56.1b

66.2a

3.7

61.6d

67.4ab

68.0ab

69.2a

66.5bc

64.8c

61.9d

60.8d

3.5

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.38

 Ile

166.2a

158.5a

108.2b

118.7b

6.2

126.5c

147.0a

143.3ab

144.4ab

141.0ab

139.2b

131.1c

130.5c

5.1

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.88

 Leu

205.4a

182.6b

139.7c

151.2c

10.0

154.7c

188.3a

178.4b

176.5b

171.2b

169.4b

159.8c

159.3c

8.8

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.44

 Val

340.2a

290.3b

266.5b

266.4b

14.5

271.4c

307.5a

304.1ab

301.7ab

295.5ab

292.0b

278.9c

275.7c

11.3

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.51

 His

82.2

81.5

82.7

89.4

4.3

77.6c

85.0ab

87.7a

88.3a

87.4a

86.3a

80.9bc

78.2c

4.0

0.09

< 0.001

0.71

 Phe

107.2a

103.6a

84.3b

102.8a

5.4

88.3d

102.9ab

105.2ab

106.8a

103.8ab

101.9b

94.2c

92.8cd

5.1

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.82

Non-essential AA, μmol/L

 Ala

545.8a

562.5a

478.4b

473.1b

28.7

454.5d

545.1b

580.8a

548.0b

531.7bc

515.2c

474.3d

469.9d

27.1

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.04

 Asn

23.9a

20.9b

10.1c

21.1b

1.8

12.1f

18.0d

21.9bc

25.0a

22.7b

20.6c

16.6de

15.0e

1.7

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.03

 Asp

41.8b

40.0b

46.7a

49.1a

2.1

36.7e

43.8cd

47.3b

51.4a

48.8b

46.7bc

42.0d

38.4e

1.8

0.001

< 0.001

0.57

 Cys

205.9b

204.6b

260.5a

200.8b

7.9

223.0a

225.6a

215.1b

215.2b

216.2b

214.7b

216.4b

217.5b

6.1

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.33

 Glu

254.1ab

234.6bc

269.3a

225.5c

13.5

230.3c

250.6ab

255.7a

253.5a

251.0a

249.3ab

239.7bc

236.7c

10.5

0.01

< 0.001

0.09

 Gly

821.7

855.2

778.2

781.5

30.0

793.6de

799.2de

780.3e

822.2bc

838.0a

828.1ab

810.1cd

801.7cde

16.9

0.16

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Pro

501.4a

475.5a

320.3c

416.4b

26.5

371.4e

417.5cd

444.1ab

460.0a

455.6a

450.1a

427.5bc

401.0de

21.3

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.45

 Ser

147.7a

142.1a

125.2b

140.8a

6.2

130.4c

146.1a

139.0bc

144.6a

143.3ab

140.8ab

134.6c

132.9c

4.8

0.010

< 0.001

0.01

 Tyr

120.6ab

115.0b

89.2c

124.7a

5.8

103.3d

117.4ab

117.7ab

120.1a

116.5b

113.8b

107.0c

103.4d

5.3

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.44

 Gln

276.2c

241.5d

344.2b

374.3a

14.1

290.0c

308.6b

318.0b

339.2a

338.1a

317.0b

290.2c

271.4d

13.1

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.33

  1. a–fWithin a row and within a main effect (DIM, ST), means with different letters differ
  2. 1DIM days in milk, ST sampling time