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Table 2 Effect of dietary fat supplementation on plasma hormones and biochemical indicators in pigs at cold temperatures (n = 6)

From: Dietary fat supplementation relieves cold temperature-induced energy stress through AMPK-mediated mitochondrial homeostasis in pigs

Items

Treatments

SEM

P-value

CON

CL

CH

Insulin, mIU/L

39.05a

35.22b

39.85a

0.834

0.038

Glucagon, pg/mL

219.11b

266.47a

210.28b

10.330

0.047

GC, ng/mL

23.23b

29.39a

27.86ab

1.134

0.060

TP, g/L

76.37

73.61

73.20

1.444

0.648

ALB, g/L

24.87

27.23

27.06

0.968

0.559

GLB, g/L

51.50

46.38

46.14

1.677

0.351

GLU, mmol/L

4.85

4.78

4.35

0.233

0.648

TBA, µmol/L

22.66b

113.37a

39.83b

14.340

0.015

urea, µmol/L

4.57

4.55

4.54

0.255

0.999

HDL, mmol/L

0.89

0.84

0.87

0.029

0.758

LDL, mmol/L

1.72ab

1.77a

1.42b

0.068

0.056

  1. ALB Albumin, GC Glucocorticoid, GLB Globulin, GLU Glucose, HDL High-density lipoprotein, LDL Low-density lipoprotein, TBA Total bile acid, TP Total protein
  2. a,bValues without the same letters within the same line indicate a significant difference (P < 0.05)