Table 3 Blood parameters of calves receiving different colostrum and transition milk feeding protocols during the preweaning period.

From: Enrichment of medium-quality colostrum by adding colostrum replacer, combined or not with transition milk in the feeding of dairy calves

Item

Treatments

SEM2

P-value3

Bovine colostrum

Enriched colostrum

FTM1

WM

FTM

WM

C3

T

C × T

A

C × T × A

Total protein, g/dL

7.26

7.40

7.06

7.24

0.168

0.2843

0.3463

0.9340

0.0001

0.3320

Glucose, mg/dL

128.60a

123.67ab

125.04ab

114.30b

3.482

0.0640

0.4094

0.0230

0.0053

0.4554

Lactate, mg/dL

14.20

15.25

13.41

13.63

0.566

0.0185

0.1806

0.6131

0.0001

0.2219

Hematocrit, %

26.07

28.22

25.02

27.12

0.757

0.1565

0.0072

0.9705

0.0001

0.9439

  1. 1Formulated transition milk, whole milk; 2Standard error of the mean; 3C = effect of colostrum feeding protocol; T = effect of transition feeding protocol; C × T = effect of interaction between colostrum and transition feeding protocol; A = age effect; C × T × A = effect of interaction between colostrum, transition feeding protocol and age; abMeans within a row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).
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