an overall trendp = 0.050
Multivariate adjusted models (including early samples from elephant 6 to 17) showed an overall trend between fatty acids and parity ( p = 0.050) and calf sex ( p = 0.060).
Multivariate adjusted models (including early samples from elephant 6 to 17) showed an overall trend between fatty acids and parity ( p = 0.050) and calf sex ( p = 0.060).
Oleic acids showed a positive trend ( p = 0.082).
Multivariate models that did not include samples from elephants 6 to 17 showed no significant association between the lactation time and any of the metabolite classes when unadjusted, but became significant for TCA compounds (Wilks’ Lambda p = 0.034) and showed a trend for the carnitines (Wilks’ Lambda p = 0.089) when adjusted for sex and parity.