| ADF | Acid detergent fiber |
| AOAC | Official Analytical Chemists methodologies |
| ALB | Albumin |
| BUN | Blood urea nitrogen Burea nitrogen |
| Ca | Calcium |
| CP | Crude protein |
| DIM | Days in milk |
| DM | Dry matter |
| EAA | Essential amino acid |
| GE | Gross energy |
| GLU | Glucose |
| HCA | Hierarchical cluster analysis |
| HCL | Hydrochloric acid |
| HDL-C | High-density lipoprotein cholesterol |
| KEGG | Genes and Genomes pathway database |
| LDL-C | Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol |
| LIP | Lipase |
| NDF | Neutral detergent fiber |
| NEAA | Non-essential amino acids |
| NH3L | Blood ammonia |
| OPLS-DA | Orthogonal partial least squares discriminate analysis |
| P | Phosphorus |
| RT | Retention time |
| SCC | Somatic cell count |
| SEM | Standard error of means |
| TAA | Total amino acid |
| TG | Triglyceride |
| TMR | Total mixed rations |
| TP | Total protein |
| UPLC-MS/MS | Ultra-high-resolution high-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry |
| VIP | Variable importance in the projection |