Table 3 Effects of corn processing method (steam-flaking vs. grinding) in starter diet and weaning age (50 vs. 75) on blood variables (n = 12 per treatment).

Items	SFC		GC		SEM	Contrast, P-value
Items	50	75	50	75	SEM	C	W	T	C × W	C × T	W × T	C × W × T
Glucose, mg/dL	92.5	93.9	87.9	99.8	2.99	0.81	0.02	< 0.01	0.07	0.97	0.27	0.02
Blood urea nitrogen, mg/dL	5.65	5.45	5.79	5.81	0.19	< 0.01	0.77	< 0.01	0.13	0.51	0.51	0.51
Total protein, g/dL	5.72	5.48	5.79	5.61	0.09	0.24	0.01	0.02	0.68	0.09	0.43	0.84
Albumin, g/dL	3.18	3.12	3.23	3.23	0.04	0.04	0.46	< 0.01	0.49	0.82	0.42	0.15
Globulin, g/dL	2.54	2.36	2.55	2.38	2.39	0.82	0.06	0.99	0.93	0.15	0.29	0.43
Albumin: globulin	1.32	1.36	1.29	1.38	1.38	0.88	0.34	0.11	0.75	0.68	0.21	0.54
BHB, mmol/L	0.20	0.21	0.22	0.19	0.02	0.95	0.61	< 0.01	0.28	0.58	0.68	0.22
Aspartate aminotransferase, IU/L	49.2	56.7	51.1	52.7	3.03	0.74	0.12	0.83	0.32	0.62	0.31	0.78
Alanine aminotransferase, IU/L	14.1	16.3	15.8	15.6	0.81	0.52	0.24	0.01	0.13	0.37	0.24	0.46

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