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Table 8 Blood plasma concentrations of beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), phospholipid, glucose,triglyceride, L-lactate, cholesterol and fructosamine in piglets

From: Effects of dietary hemp seed oil to sows on fatty acid profiles, nutritional and immune status of piglets

 

Dietary treatment1

SEM

P-value3

 

H

HS

S

  

Day2 of age

4

16

28

4

16

28

4

16

28

  

BHB, mmol/L

0.08

0.07

0.09

0.08

0.07

0.08

0.09

0.08

0.10

0.008

0.37

NEFA, μEq/L

279

332

436

305

357

462

332

385

489

27.40

0.20

Phospholipid, mmol/L

2.12

2.34

1.87

2.19

2.40

1.93

2.29

2.51

2.03

0.081

0.16

Glucose4, mmol/L

6.58a

7.70b

7.36a

6.01b

7.12b

6.79b

6.28a

7.40b

7.06b

0.179

0.01

Triglyceride, mmol/L

0.92

0.71

0.87

0.87

0.66

0.83

0.94

0.74

0.90

0.126

0.85

L-lactate, mmol/L

6.12

6.53

7.16

4.79

5.20

5.82

6.15

6.56

7.18

0.645

0.12

Cholesterol, mmol/L

3.53

4.54

3.04

3.58

4.58

3.08

3.68

4.69

3.19

0.236

0.84

Fructosamine, μmol/L

212

228

242

197

214

228

207

224

239

6.609

0.20

  1. SEM standard error of mean
  2. 1H = basal diet and hemp seed oil in ratio 95:5, HS = basal diet and mix of soybean and hemp seed oils (50:50) in ratio 95:5; S = basal diet and soybean oil in ratio 95:5; basal diet formulated according to Danish Nutrient Standards for Lactating Sows [24]
  3. 2Effect of day observed significant P < 0.001, for NEFA, phospholipid, glucose, cholesterol and fructosamine; however, for BHB, triglyceride and L-lactate was not observed the significant effect of day P > 0.05
  4. 3Presented P-value attributed to effect of dietary treatment
  5. 4The average concentration of glucose in piglets’ plasma during the entire experiment: 7.21 mmol/L (a), 6.64 mmol/L (b) and 6.91 mmol/L (ab) suckled sows fed hemp seed oil, mix oil and soybean oil, respectively
  6. a,bMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters are significantly different