Determination of Blood Glucose, Total Protein, Certain Minerals, and Triiodothyronine during Late Pregnancy and Postpartum Periods in Crossbred Dairy Cows

Table 2

Blood glucose, total protein (TP), calcium (Ca), phosphorus P, magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), and triiodothyronine (T3) during late pregnancy and postpartum periods and in nonpregnant crossbred dairy cows. Results are expressed as mean ± SD.

Group
Parameters	Late pregnancy	Postpartum period (PPP)	Nonpregnant	value
Glucose, mg/dl	67.89 ± 6.52^a	65.88 ± 5.94^a	57.40 ± 7.90^b
Total protein (TP), g/dl	6.42 ± 0.55^a	6.93 ± 0.98^b	7.18 ± 0.40^b
Ca, mg/dl	8.69 ± 0.50	8.39 ± 0.91	8.42 ± 1.19	NS
P, mg/dl	6.44 ± 1.19	6.33 ± 1.38	6.05 ± 1.57	NS
Mg, mg/dl	2.10 ± 0.30^b	2.15 ± 0.38^ab	2.38 ± 0.25^a	NS
Fe, µg/dl	158.51 ± 36.50^a	124.76 ± 33.50^b	142.93 ± 40.07^ab
T3, ng/dl	4.96 ± 0.64^b	4.27 ± 0.85^a	5.58 ± 0.97^b