Table 2 Blood metabolites of preweaning dairy calves fed different liquid diets.

From: Comparative study of different liquid diets for dairy calves and the impact on performance and the bacterial community during diarrhea

 

Treatment

SEM

P-value

WM

AWM

MR

T

A

TxA

Total protein, g/dL

5.88

5.78

5.74

0.105

0.55

< 0.01

0.01

Lactate, mg/dL

13.9a

11.2b

12.8a

0.47

0.01

< 0.01

0.51

Glucose, mg/dL

134.8a

111.0b

117.4b

3.28

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.27

BHB, mmol/L

0.129a

0.141a

0.081b

0.008

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.45

  1. 1WM whole milk, AWM acidified whole milk, MR milk replacer, SEM standard error of the mean, T treatment effect, A age effect, T×A treatment × age interaction effect (P < 0.05), TSP total serum protein. a, b Means within a row with different superscripts are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).
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