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Table 4 Blood metabolites in post-weaning lambs supplemented with and without postbiotics

From: Effects of postbiotic supplementation on growth performance, ruminal fermentation and microbial profile, blood metabolite and GHR, IGF-1 and MCT-1 gene expression in post-weaning lambs

Parameters

Control

Postbiotic

SEM

P-value

Total protein (g/L)

63.60a

98.97b

7.16

0.01

BUN (mmol/L)

6.03a

10.04b

0.88

0.01

Glucose (mmol/L)

4.47a

6.05b

0.34

0.01

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

0.30

0.43

0.06

0.34

Cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.83

1.60

0.01

0.28

  1. BUN Blood urea nitrogen. a,b Different superscripts in each row are significantly different (P < 0.05). Experimental unit, (n = 6)