An investigation on chemical/mineral compositions, ruminal microbial fermentation, and feeding value of some leaves as alternative forages for finishing goats during the dry season

Kazemi, Mohsen

doi:10.1186/s13568-021-01238-0

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Table 8 The effects of diets containing different leaves on plasma and hematology parameters of goats

From: An investigation on chemical/mineral compositions, ruminal microbial fermentation, and feeding value of some leaves as alternative forages for finishing goats during the dry season

Item	Treatment								SEM	p-value
Item	Control	Quince	Pear	Olive	Mirabelle Plum	Greengage	Sour cherry	Persimmon	SEM	p-value
Plasma parameters
Total protein (g/dL)	6.85	6.87	6.90	6.98	7.00	7.09	6.96	6.90	0.08	0.50
Albumin (g/dL)	3.56	3.53	3.61	3.47	3.65	3.71	3.61	3.61	0.12	0.92
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.92	0.93	0.94	1.00	0.89	0.92	1.00	0.93	0.04	0.41
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	36.38^a	34.53^b	35.79^ab	35.98^ab	36.77^a	36.54^a	36.35^a	34.41^b	0.53	0.02
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	67.91^a	64.82^b	67.70^a	67.16^a	67.71^a	68.43^a	67.48^a	64.04^b	0.67	< 0.001
HDL-C (mg/dL)	43.07^b	45.98^a	43.88^b	43.72^b	43.90^b	43.32^b	44.40^b	46.45^a	0.44	< 0.001
LDL-C (mg/dL)	18.75^a	15.37^b	18.75^a	18.58^a	18.46^a	18.66^a	18.03^a	16.12^b	0.40	< 0.001
BUN (mg/dL)	15.95^b	15.77^b	15.71^b	15.89^b	16.07^ab	16.96^a	16.33^ab	15.59^b	0.30	0.05
Glucose (g/dL)	63.51^a	62.68^a	62.22^a	59.70^b	64.09^a	64.10^a	64.11^a	62.78^a	0.41	< 0.001
AST (U/L)	48.54^a	46.89^b	49.09^a	49.40^a	49.10^a	49.10^a	48.83^a	48.82^a	0.55	0.05
ALT (U/L)	17.07^a	15.64^b	16.86^a	16.97^a	17.00^a	16.84^a	16.91^a	16.77^a	0.30	0.05
TAC (mmol/L)	0.91^c	1.13^a	0.90^c	1.16^a	0.88^c	0.89^c	1.02^b	1.12^a	0.03	< 0.001
MDA (nmol/mL)	2.73^a	2.32^c	2.84^a	2.33^c	2.84^a	2.84^a	2.50^b	2.29^c	0.06	< 0.001
Hematology
WBC (Cell/μL)	10,383.3	10,770.3	10,833.7	10,580.3	10,651.2	10,741.0	10,816.7	10,832.3	206.45	0.77
RBC (× 10⁶/μL)	15.53	15.05	15.07	15.03	15.56	15.40	15.69	15.66	0.29	0.51
MCV (fL)	17.95	17.34	17.61	17.37	17.94	17.32	18.25	18.04	0.34	0.36
MCH (pg)	6.12	6.08	6.14	6.12	6.13	6.07	6.20	6.17	0.11	0.98
MCHC (g/dL)	33.84	33.51	33.40	33.08	33.36	33.29	33.89	33.58	0.42	0.88
PCV (%)	27.37	27.25	27.26	27.29	28.45	28.15	28.54	28.57	0.49	0.17
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	9.42	9.37	9.59	9.54	9.53	9.38	9.86	9.67	0.19	0.64

Means with different letters within the same row are significantly different according to p-value indicated
Control basal diet containing alfalfa hay and corn silage, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, BUN blood urea nitrogen, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, TAC total antioxidant capacity, MDA malondialdehyde, WBC white blood cell, RBC red blood cell, MCV mean corpuscular volume, MCH mean corpuscular hemoglobin, MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, PCV packed cell volume, SEM standard error of the mean

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