Acremonium terricola culture supplementation in the diet of pregnant and lactating Ewes can improve the production performance of Ewes and lambs by regulating maternal metabolism and antibody delivery

Table 6 Effects of dietary ATC supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on blood biochemical indices of Ewes

Items¹	Time	Treatments		SEM	p-value
Items¹	Time	CON	ATC	SEM	p-value
ALP (U/L)	90 d	162.85	105.87	16.85	0.090
	120 d	179.73	180.57	23.92	0.987
	145 d	156.02	177.43	30.05	0.740
	1 d	121.25	118.00	13.60	0.919
	30 d	144.27	110.45	86.63	0.525
	45 d	141.95	100.08	63.03	0.269
GLB (g/L)	90 d	43.10	45.70	1.34	0.355
	120 d	40.23	41.17	0.97	0.651
	145 d	40.65	41.93	0.90	0.503
	1 d	42.30	43.07	0.70	0.610
	30 d	46.23	47.23	0.70	0.718
	45 d	47.30	51.15	1.31	0.148
TCHO (mmol/L)	90 d	2.03	1.80	0.09	0.198
	120 d	1.95	1.90	0.09	0.781
	145 d	2.00	1.97	0.12	0.918
	1 d	1.40	1.73	0.10	0.096
	30 d	1.71	1.57	0.09	0.487
	45 d	1.82	1.73	0.06	0.493
TG (mmol/L)	90 d	0.75	0.43	0.09	0.089
	120 d	0.87	0.62	0.08	0.108
	145 d	0.78	0.57	0.06	0.091
	1 d	0.28	0.27	0.02	0.721
	30 d	0.32	0.33	0.01	0.549
	45 d	0.35	0.33	0.03	0.787
TP (g/L)	90 d	71.98	74.42	1.63	0.481
	120 d	68.42	70.18	1.24	0.503
	145 d	69.95	70.57	1.02	0.779
	1 d	67.28	69.47	0.85	0.214
	30 d	70.78	71.38	0.75	0.710
	45 d	71.52	73.40	1.23	0.472
Urea (mmol/L)	90 d	4.21	4.68	0.28	0.430
	120 d	2.99^b	3.89^a	0.20	0.016
	145 d	2.92	3.27	0.17	0.332
	1 d	4.96	4.94	0.32	0.969
	30 d	1.31	1.53	0.10	0.276
	45 d	1.37	1.75	0.18	0.316

¹ ALP, alkaline phosphatase; GLB, globulin; TCHO, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; TP, total protein
²CON = Control group; ATC = Acremonium terricola culture group. The data are expressed as the mean and SEM (n = 6). In the same row, values with different small letters are significantly different (P < 0.05). The same as Tables 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 13

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