Table 5 Effect of selenium and anthocyanin on plasma biochemical and hormone parameters in goats.

From: Effects of selenium and anthocyanin on apparent digestibility, blood parameters, rumen fermentation, and microbiota compositions of goat doe

Item

Treatment

SEM

p-value

 

CON

Se

An

SeAn

  

Glu, mmol/L

6.76a

6.73a

5.94ab

5.82b

0.2916

0.0388

UN, mmol/L

29.94

22.03

31.21

22.16

2.5785

0.1662

Oestradiol 2, pg/mL

24.65b

31.69a

30.23a

34.75a

1.5286

0.0097

Oestradiol 3, pg/mL

82.33

78.70

81.60

82.46

1.7750

0.4495

Progesterone, pmol/L

333.54c

370.34b

381.76b

425.47a

6.4535

< 0.0001

Prolactin, mIU/L

167.78

162.27

159.82

168.32

3.6252

0.3328

  1. a−cValues with different letters within the same row are significantly different (p < 0.05). CON, control; Se, dietary supplemented with 4.8 mg/kg selenium-yeast; An, dietary supplemented with 50 mg/kg purple corn anthocyanins; SeAn, dietary supplemented with 4.8 mg/kg selenium-yeast + 50 mg/kg purple corn anthocyanins. Glu, glucose; UN, urea nitrogen.
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