Berberine supplementation modulates the somatotropic axis and ameliorates glucose tolerance in dairy goats during late gestation and early lactation

Table 2 Effect of BBR supplementing on ante-partum, kidding day and post-partum performance of transition dairy Saanen goats

Item¹	Treatments ²				SEM⁴	P-value
Item¹	CTRL	BBR1	BBR2	BBR4	SEM⁴	P-value
Ante-partum (AP)
DMI (kg/d)	1.58	1.57	1.61	1.63	0.021	0.100
MP intake (g/d)	115.7^b	116.1^b	135.1^a	135.9^a	4.655	0.091
NEL intake (Mcal/d)	1.53^b	1.54^b	1.78^a	1.78^a	0.069	0.027
Mean BW (kg)	50.3	51.2	51.0	50.3	1.60	0.892
Mean BCS	3.40	3.62	3.70	3.60	0.085	0.120
Kidding day
DMI (kg/d)	1.08^b	1.11^b	1.33^a	1.38^a	0.054	0.016
MP intake (g/d)	89.29^b	91.60^ab	110.4^a	113.1^a	5.287	0.020
NEL intake (Mcal/d)	1.14^b	1.16^b	1.40^a	1.43^a	0.067	0.013
Mean BW (kg)	42.9	44.5	45.5	44.2	1.52	0.701
Mean BCS	3.05^b	3.45^ab	3.90^a	3.95^a	0.165	0.003
Post-partum (PP)
DMI (kg/d)	2.21^b	2.28^b	2.47^a	2.42^a	0.058	0.021
MP intake (g/d)	340.3^b	375.6^ab	443.7^a	428.4^a	20.257	0.030
NEL intake (Mcal/d)	2.75^b	3.03^ab	3.58^a	3.46^a	0.163	0.013
Mean BW (kg)	43.0	43.8	45.5	44.5	0.755	0.680
Mean BCS	3.07^b	3.10^ab	3.41^a	3.20^a	0.068	0.010
Milk yield (kg/d)	1.66^b	1.96^b	2.48^a	2.10^ab	0.143	0.007
Production efficiency ³	0.833^b	1.01^b	1.18^a	1.00^b	0.070	0.019

Values are least-square means
^a–bMeans with different superscript letters within a row are different (P ≤ 0.05); the highest value are indicated with letter a, followed by b and c
¹AP data cover the last 21 d of gestation and PP data cover the first 21 d of lactation
²CTRL, BBR1, BBR2 and BBR4 Supplemented with 0, 1, 2 and 4 g BBR/d, respectively
³Production efficiency = average daily milk yield (kg/d)/average daily DMI (kg/d)
⁴Pooled standard error of mean

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