Effects of different grain types on nutrient apparent digestibility, glycemic responses, and fecal VFA content in weaned foals

Table 4 Effect of different steam-flaked grains on plasma glucose, serum insulin, glucagon and lactic acid in weaned foals

Item	Diet			SEM	P value
	CG	OG	BG		P value
	CG	OG	BG		Treatment diets	Date	Treatment diets*Date
Glucose (mmol/L)	7.31^A	7.10^AB	6.51^B	0.13	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	0.2475
Insulin (mIU/L)	12.43^B	12.62^B	13.51^A	0.24	0.0039	< 0.0001	0.9531
Glucagon (ng/L)	325.91^A	268.18^B	259.39^B	11.30	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	0.9954
Lactic acid (mmol/L)	2.78^b	2.84^ab	3.10^a	0.09	0.0301	0.0007	0.5487

CG Corn group (n = 6), OG Oats group (n = 6), BG Barley group (n = 6)
SEM standard error of means
^{a, b} Mean values with no same superscript in a row were significantly different (P < 0.05)
^{A, B} Mean values with no same superscript in a row were highly significantly different (P < 0.01)

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