Parameter | Treatments1 | SEM | Effects2, P-value | |||||
T0 | T1 | T2 | T3 | Treat | M | Treat × M | ||
BW (kg) | 606.2a | 583.4b | 560.8c | 543.5d | 4.73 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.79 |
ΔBW (kg) | 21.2a | 11.6b | 2.4c | −6.3d | 2.85 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
BCS (1 at 5) | 2.45a | 2.42a | 2.21b | 2.00c | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.63 |
Glucose (mmol・l−1) | 3.57 | 3.40 | 3.53 | 3.40 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.60 |
Urea (mmol・l−1) | 7.40a | 7.16a | 6.46b | 6.17b | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
NEFA (μEq・l−1) | 2.23b | 2.23b | 2.30b | 2.44a | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| (180.6) | (181.5) | (239.4) | (333.3) |
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GH (ng・ml−1) | 0.06b | 0.13b | 0.20ab | 0.48a | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.46 |
| (1.76) | (2.41) | (2.56) | (4.36) |
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Insulin (ng・ml−1) | 0.59 | 0.47 | 0.54 | 0.48 | 0.06 | 0.39 | 0.09 | 0.52 |
IGF-I (ng・ml−1) | 184.2 | 157.9 | 161.6 | 139.4 | 16.9 | 0.30 | 0.04 | 0.53 |