Table 2 Effects of dietary supplementation with B. licheniformis and S. cerevisiae as alternatives to monensin on serum profiles of fattening lambs.

From: Influence of dietary supplementation with Bacillus licheniformis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae as alternatives to monensin on growth performance, antioxidant, immunity, ruminal fermentation and microbial diversity of fattening lambs

Items

Treatments

SEM

P-value

NC

PC

BL

SC

BS

GH (ng/mL)

1.21d

1.22cd

1.32bc

1.35b

1.47a

0.02

<0.0001

IGF-1 (μg/mL)

29.49c

30.64c

30.88c

34.49b

36.29a

0.46

<0.0001

INS (μIU/mL)

18.12b

19.13ab

21.61a

19.11ab

21.73a

0.45

0.028

T-AOC (U/ml)

9.47

9.47

9.55

9.62

9.78

0.04

0.130

MDA (nmol/mL)

5.19

5.53

5.54

5.52

5.36

0.07

0.409

SOD (U/ml)

100.06b

96.16b

95.25b

96.19b

121.50a

2.55

0.002

GSH-PX (μmol/L)

846.26b

847.53b

855.65b

860.01ab

870.99a

2.51

0.007

IGA (μg/mL)

0.43b

0.52ab

0.59a

0.58a

0.60a

0.02

0.002

IGG (μg/mL)

15.98c

17.65bc

19.91b

19.19b

24.40a

0.59

<0.0001

IGM (μg/mL)

0.96c

1.25bc

1.30b

1.26bc

1.62a

0.05

0.002

  1. a,bValues in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).