Table 2
Effect of diet and sampling time on serum biochemical parameters (mean ± standard error) in goats

		Level of CPOBg			P value
Parameter (mmol/L)	Sampling day	0	4	8	Diet	Diet x sampling
Total cholesterol	0	2.51 ± 0.3	2.05 ± 0.3d	2.28 ± 0.5d	0.20
	30	1.85 ± 0.1b	2.09 ± 0.3abd	2.55 ± 0.4ad	0.05	0.03
	60	2.54 ± 0.5b	3.75 ± 0.4ae	3.27 ± 0.4ae	0.02
	90	2.09 ± 0.2b	2.58 ± 0.3ad	2.44 ± 0.2ad	0.04
	P value	0.54	0.04	0.02
HDL cholesterol	0	1.57 ± 0.1	1.34 ± 0.3	1.33 ± 0.3	0.27
	30	0.94 ± 0.2c	1.35 ± 0.3b	1.66 ± 0.4a	0.02
	60	1.64 ± 0.3b	2.30 ± 0.8a	2.08 ± 0.3a	0.01	0.01
	90	1.09 ± 0.3b	1.49 ± 0.3a	1.42 ± 0.2a	0.02
	P value	0.21	0.23	0.12
LDL cholesterol	0	0.94 ± 0.2	0.74 ± 0.1	0.95 ± 0.2	0.37
	30	0.91 ± 0.1	0.84 ± 0.3	0.89 ± 0.1	0.07
	60	0.90 ± 0.2	1.45 ± 0.2	1.20 ± 0.3	0.21	0.23
	90	1.00 ± 0.3	1.07 ± 0.3	1.02 ± 0.1	0.95
	P value	0.15	0.12	0.08
VLDL cholesterol	0	0.08 ± 0.0	0.09 ± 0.0	0.10 ± 0.0	0.77
	30	0.04 ± 0.0	0.06 ± 0.0	0.06 ± 0.0	0.14
	60	0.09 ± 0.0	0.13 ± 0.0	0.10 ± 0.0	0.24	0.56
	90	0.04 ± 0.0	0.05 ± 0.0	0.05 ± 0.0	0.16
	P value	0.41	0.07	0.06
Triglycerides	0	0.43 ± 0.0	0.44 ± 0.1	0.50 ± 0.1	0.76
	30	0.48 ± 0.1	0.65 ± 0.1	0.51 ± 0.1	0.11
	60	0.20 ± 0.0	0.32 ± 0.0	0.29 ± 0.1	0.31	0.84
	90	0.21 ± 0.0	0.27 ± 0.0	0.21 ± 0.0	0.26
	P value	0.09	0.21	0.33
Glucose	0	2.50 ± 0.1	2.34 ± 0.2	2.80 ± 0.2	0.19
	30	3.18 ± 0.2	2.84 ± 0.2	3.02 ± 0.2	0.57
	60	2.31 ± 0.3	2.38 ± 0.4	2.50 ± 0.2	0.93	0.67
	90	2.83 ± 0.1	2.62 ± 0.3	2.81 ± 0.3	0.85
	P value	0.11	0.21	0.36
Protein (g/L)	0	72.90 ± 4.4	75.66 ± 3.7	76.55 ± 1.9	0.75
	30	65.80 ± 4.5	68.10 ± 3.8	71.88 ± 4.1	0.17
	60	72.25 ± 4.3	80.12 ± 4.2	81.07 ± 3.5	0.07	0.35
	90	64.80 ± 2.2	67.52 ± 2.7	63.65 ± 2.4	0.54
	P value	0.57	0.22	0.45