Table 4
Effects of forage level and Cr-Met chelate supplementation diets on blood metabolites obtained from native Korean beef steers (Hanwoo, Bos Taurus)

ItemTreatment
LF1)LFCM2)HF3)HFCM4)
Triglycaride, mg/dl29.25 ± 9.03a24.42 ± 5.98a31.05 ± 7.78a22.33 ± 3.14a
Cholesterol, mg/dl145.00 ± 15.28a191.31 ± 18.38a201.00 ± 4.24a204.63 ± 17.78a
HDL-C, mg/dl92.75 ± 7.41b118.50 ± 22.41a88.50 ± 7.78b128.25 ± 17.40a
LDL-C, mg/dl102.00 ± 15.98ab87.17 ± 18.25ac111.00 ± 14.14a79.00 ± 13.18c
Glucose, mg/dl49.50 ± 8.96ab61.42 ± 18.46ab41.50 ± 4.95a65.30 ± 20.28c
BUN, mg/dl15.20 ± 2.62a14.92 ± 2.74a13.95 ± 1.20a15.33 ± 1.16a
T, Protein, g/dl6.40 ± 0.14a6.25 ± 0.93a6.55 ± 0.07a6.69 ± 0.70a
Albumin, g/dl4.50 ± 0.24a3.80 ± 0.65b4.55 ± .35a4.10 ± 0.46ab
Creatinine, mg/dl1.38 ± 15.28a1.30 ± 0.23a1.50 ± 0.28a1.39 ± 0.24a
Calcium, mg/dl10.35 ± 0.57a8.05 ± 1.95b9.95 ± 0.49ab8.43 ± 1.21b
Insulin, μU/ml6.64 ± 1.09a7.87 ± 2.37ab9.04 ± 0.67ab9.81 ± 1.57a