Table 4.
Item | Control | SC | SEM | p-value
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SC | DIM | SC×DIM | ||||
Dry matter intake (kg/d) | 18.5 | 18.8 | 0.182 | 0.313 | 0.035 | 0.061 |
Milk yield (kg/d) | 18.0 | 19.4 | 0.412 | 0.017 | <0.001 | 0.028 |
Milk fat (%) | 2.79 | 3.11 | 0.065 | 0.009 | 0.008 | 0.049 |
Milk protein (%) | 2.97 | 3.08 | 0.012 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Milk fat yield (kg/d) | 0.50 | 0.61 | 0.019 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.371 |
Milk protein yield (kg/d) | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.013 | 0.001 | <0.001 | 0.030 |
3.5% FCM (kg/d) | 15.9 | 18.3 | 0.338 | 0.002 | 0.035 | 0.362 |
Feed efficiency | 0.87 | 0.99 | 0.020 | 0.011 | <0.001 | 0.218 |
SC = 56 g/cow/d, Diamond V Original XP, Diamond V, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.