|
Nutrient
|
Effect
|
|---|
|
Treatment
|
Pregnancy type
|
|---|
|
CO
|
P4
|
Single
|
Twin
|
|---|
|
Amino acid
|
|
Alanine
|
176.9 ± 16
|
173.4 ± 11.1
|
172.1 ± 11.1
|
179.8 ± 19.5
|
|
β-Alanine
|
10.9 ± 1.3
|
10.2 ± 0.6
|
10.7 ± 1.2
|
10.4 ± 1
|
|
Arginine
|
118 ± 8.4
|
121.7 ± 11.3
|
134.7 ± 8.2a
|
100.6 ± 7.9b
|
|
Asparagine
|
24 ± 2.5
|
22.6 ± 1.8
|
21.5 ± 2.2
|
25.8 ± 2.3
|
|
Aspartate
|
1.0 ± 0.2
|
0.84 ± 0.2
|
1.2 ± 0.2a
|
0.67 ± 0.2b
|
|
Citrulline
|
96 ± 14.1
|
102.7 ± 10.3
|
112.6 ± 15.1
|
81 ± 6.1
|
|
Glutamate
|
202.1 ± 14.7
|
213.6 ± 26.1
|
181.1 ± 12.1a
|
239.3 ± 23.4b
|
|
Glutamine
|
56.6 ± 6.9
|
50.5 ± 11.1
|
50.3 ± 8.3
|
59.1 ± 8.7
|
|
Glycine
|
428.2 ± 28.2
|
440.4 ± 25
|
431.4 ± 25
|
435.2 ± 28.8
|
|
Histidine
|
23.5 ± 1.8
|
22.2 ± 1.8
|
22.4 ± 1.5
|
23.7 ± 1.9
|
|
Isoleucine
|
74.1 ± 7.3
|
66.3 ± 5.4
|
75.6 ± 6.3
|
65.1 ± 7.6
|
|
Leucine
|
114.9 ± 10.8
|
94.5 ± 5.6
|
115.1 ± 8.4
|
96.2 ± 11.6
|
|
Lysine
|
71.2 ± 9
|
68.2 ± 9.8
|
75.1 ± 9.3
|
63.5 ± 9
|
|
Methionine
|
20 ± 1.8
|
20.7 ± 1.3
|
20.7 ± 1.4
|
19.8 ± 2.1
|
|
Ornithine
|
23.6 ± 3.7
|
23.7 ± 3.6
|
28.6 ± 3.7a
|
17.2 ± 2.7b
|
|
Phenylalanine
|
36.7 ± 3.2
|
34.8 ± 1.5
|
37.1 ± 1.9
|
37.2 ± 3.9
|
|
Serine
|
66.7 ± 7.8
|
58.3 ± 4.8
|
57.6 ± 7.1
|
70.6 ± 6.7
|
|
Taurine
|
60.3 ± 5.3
|
61.6 ± 5.9
|
61.4 ± 5.1
|
60.2 ± 6.2
|
|
Threonine
|
68.1 ± 9
|
54.6 ± 5.2
|
75.1 ± 7.2a
|
46.9 ± 7.5b
|
|
Tryptophan
|
22.4 ± 1.9
|
22 ± 1.7
|
23.2 ± 1.4
|
21.1 ± 2.4
|
|
Tyrosine
|
49.3 ± 4.3
|
49 ± 3.6
|
53.1 ± 3.4
|
44.2 ± 4.8
|
|
Valine
|
138.9 ± 14.3
|
119.1 ± 10.7
|
148.2 ± 10.3a
|
109.1 ± 15.5b
|
|
Agmatine and polyamines
|
|
Agmatine
|
130.3 ± 13.4
|
166.1 ± 18.3
|
155.6 ± 15.4
|
130.5 ± 6.1
|
|
Putrescine
|
2.1 ± 0.6
|
2.3 ± 0.8
|
2.9 ± 0.8
|
1.3 ± 0.3
|
|
Spermidine
|
1.7 ± 0.3
|
1.7 ± 0.4
|
2.1 ± 0.3
|
1.2 ± 0.4
|
|
Spermine
|
0.73 ± 0.2
|
0.45 ± 0.1
|
0.76 ± 0.2
|
0.44 ± 0.1
|
|
Hexose sugars
|
|
Glucose
|
1485 ± 162.9
|
1617 ± 110.7
|
1691 ± 137.9
|
1296 ± 144.2
|
|
Fructose
|
331.5 ± 33.8
|
303.2 ± 39.8
|
324.3 ± 32.9
|
313.2 ± 41.7
|
- Concentrations of nutrients in maternal plasma from ewes treated with either CO (n = 14) or P4 (n = 10) that carried either singleton (n = 14) or twin pregnancies (n = 10). Values represent means ± SEM. Different superscripts within Effect columns are significantly different (P < 0.05)
