Table 5 Metabolite concentrations (ng/mg of total protein) in liver tissue from 4-d old Holstein calves (n = 6/group) born to cows randomly assigned to receive a basal control (CON) diet from −28 ± 2 d to parturition [1.47 Mcal/kg dry matter (DM) and 15.3% crude protein (CP)] with no added Met or CON plus ethyl cellulose Met (MET, Mepron®, Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, Germany)

3,855

8,411

1,052

0.02

979.29

1,566

254.08

0.29

15,282

21,058

3,424

0.44

3,165

4,550

500.53

0.19

9,643

19,085

2,035

0.01

8.06

12.08

2.67

0.49

33.67

55.76

7.74

0.18

320.39

426.08

55.01

0.37

773.97

630.38

74.81

0.36

69.95

112.76

14.61

0.17

346.41

738.41

95.37

0.04

1,438

2,898

437.86

0.12

641.98

1,471

213.39

0.06

909.72

1,041

144.79

0.67

19,575

21,762

2,557

0.69

2,929

5,879

1,080

0.20

3,663

7,387

770.19

0.01

56,308

117,719

13,488

0.03

468.75

541.95

57.50

0.55

1,775

3,504

419.50

0.04

33,518

65,748

7,593

0.04

10,074

23,436

2,829

0.01

2,563

4,017

464.71

0.14

3,796

7,733

994.65

0.05

1,656

1,974

293.37

0.62

7,591

8,053

1,367

0.90

2.75

3.68

0.47

0.35

2,567

5,256

1,216

0.36

688.15

1170

160.62

0.16

6,444

10,845

1,054

0.05

2,627

5,438

666.36

0.04

1,829

3,106

271.17

0.02

7,796

26,284

3,501

0.01

1,738

3,010

320.82

0.06