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. 2023 Nov 17;10:1274466. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1274466

Table 8.

Milk production (LSM) of cows fed diets containing (HBFG) or not (CG) hydroponic barley forage.

Parameter Group SEM Effect (p)
CG HBFG Diet Time Diet × Time
Milk yield kg/d 30.78 30.80 1.104 0.9915 <0.0001 0.0508
Energy corrected milk kg/d 30.90 30.73 0.896 0.895 0.0001 0.3508
Fat kg/d 1.24 1.23 0.036 0.818 0.0210 0.6341
Protein kg/d 1.12 1.15 0.028 0.5043 <0.0001 0.0237
Fat % 4.10 4.07 0.113 0.8123 0.0234 0.7302
Protein % 3.70 3.80 0.075 0.3476 <0.0001 0.6045
Lactose % 4.80 4.88 0.030 0.0512 0.0029 0.0388
SCC1, 103 cells/ mL 164.06 225.18 47.878 0.3705 0.1095 0.1726
Total solid (%) 13.22 13.41 0.176 0.4578 <0.0001 0.6204
Non fat solid % 9.15 9.35 0.079 0.0722 <0.0001 0.4917
Casein % 2.93 3.02 0.067 0.3267 <0.0001 0.7717
Urea mg/dL 30.20 29.77 0.615 0.6286 <0.0001 <0.0001
pH 6.63 6.65 0.008 0.2372 <0.0001 <0.0001
Cryoscopy index −530.77 −534.16 0.758 0.0025 <0.0001 0.116
Clotting properties
r, min 23.23 26.80 1.287 0.0542 <0.0001 0.0014
K20, min 7.83 7.13 0.253 0.0549 <0.0001 0.0370
A30, mm 29.96 27.79 0.647 0.0210 <0.0001 0.0014

Significant p-values are printed in bold. 1 Somatic cell count.