Medium-chain fatty acid triglycerides improve feed intake and oxidative stress of finishing bulls by regulating ghrelin concentration and gastrointestinal tract microorganisms and rumen metabolites

Table 3 Effects of medium-chain fatty acid triglycerides supplementation on serum intake-related hormones of finishing bulls

Items^c	Dietary treatment^d				SEM^e	P-value
Items^c	CON	C8	C10	C12	SEM^e	P-value
GOAT (ng/mL)	2.471^b	2.916^a	3.000^a	2.818^ab	0.183	0.043
TG (pg/mL)	139.231^b	156.649^b	188.471^a	158.082^b	14.244	0.018
AG (pg/mL)	37.635^b	30.785^b	66.714^a	43.093^b	6.875	0.001
DAG (pg/mL)	101.596	125.864	121.757	114.989	13.624	0.327
AG/TG	0.250^b	0.190^b	0.353^a	0.272^ab	0.040	0.005
GH (ng/mL)	2.435	2.435	2.538	2.358	0.102	0.392
INS (mIU/L)	4.472	5.017	5.460	4.917	0.387	0.118
Orexins (ng/mL)	1.312^b	1.254^b	1.538^a	1.385^ab	0.077	0.008
CRH (pg/mL)	11.648	10.800	10.170	11.796	1.210	0.511

^a,bMeans bearing different superscripts in the same row differ significantly (P-value < 0.05)
^cGOAT ghrelin O-acyl transferase, TG total ghrelin, AG acyl ghrelin, DAG des-acyl ghrelin, GH growth hormone, INS insulin, CRH corticotropin-releasing hormone
^dCON, the control group cattle fed control diets, C8 the treatment group cattle fed control diets containing glycerol monocaprylin, C10 the treatment group cattle fed control diets containing glycerol monodecanoate, C12 the treatment group cattle fed control diets containing glycerol monolaurate
^eSEM standard error of the means

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