Table 3.

Effect of different levels of biochanin A on the milk composition of cows.

Item	Treatment1			SEM	P-value
	Control	Low	High
Milk composition, %
Protein	3.71	3.65	3.67	0.044	0.816
Fat	4.18	4.29	4.13	0.094	0.759
Lactose	5.26	5.18	5.23	0.027	0.513
Non-fat milk solid	9.75	9.66	9.67	0.059	0.726
Total milk solid	13.93	13.94	13.81	0.138	0.889
Milk component yield, g/d
Protein	1300b	1271b	1420a	19.0	0.017
Fat	1473	1512	1563	31.6	0.521
Lactose	1862b	1824b	1965a	28.7	0.017
Non-fat milk solid	3451b	3401b	3630a	44.7	0.015
Total milk solid	4924	4913	5173	64.3	0.108

^a,b Means within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).

¹Control, basic diet without biochanin A; Low, basic diet with biochanin A at 10 g/d per cow; High, basic diet with biochanin A at 40 g/d per cow.