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Table 2.

Dry matter intake, body condition score, glucose, non esterifies fatty acid (NEFA), thiobarbituric acid substance (TBARS) prepartum, at parturition and postpartum, and milk yield along with p-values of vitamin E and zinc supplemented cows and non supplemented control cows

Parameters	Group				SEM	p-value

	Control	T1	T2	T3		Group	Day	Groups×Days
Dry matter intake (kg)
Prepartum	8.46^aA	8.55^abA	8.66^abA	8.76^bA	0.07	<0.001	<0.001	0.986
At parturition	7.60^aB	7.81^abB	7.84^bB	8.22^cB	0.10
Postpartum	10.92^aC	11.14^abC	11.09^bC	11.29^bC	0.11
Body condition score
Prepartum	3.0^aA	3.1^bA	3.1^bA	3.2^cA	0.03	<0.001	<0.001	0.001
At parturition	2.8^aB	2.9^bB	2.9^bB	3.1^cB	0.06
Postpartum	2.2^aC	2.5^bC	2.5^bC	2.7^cC	0.03
Glucose (mg/dL)
Prepartum	48.31^aA	50.85^aA	51.04^abA	53.73^bA	1.36	<0.001	<0.001	1.000
At parturition	35.87^aB	40.13^bB	39.24^bB	45.27^cB	1.44
Postpartum	43.69^aC	48.31^bA	48.52^bA	51.37^cA	0.96
NEFA (μM)
Prepartum	138.96^aA	123.26^abA	124.08^abA	110.93^bA	8.09	<0.001	<0.001	0.909
At parturition	274.90^aB	257.64^bB	264.77^bB	219.42^cB	21.22
Postpartum	275.72^aB	230.90^bC	224.91^bC	178.32^cC	12.62
TBARS (μM)
Prepartum	1.62^A	1.34^A	1.36^A	1.25^A	0.10	<0.001	<0.001	1.000
At parturition	2.43^aB	2.04^aB	1.99^aB	1.71^bB	0.31
Postpartum	3.01^aC	2.46^bC	2.41^bC	1.96^cC	0.13
Milk yield (kg)	6.86^a	7.75^b	7.78^b	8.57^c	0.65	<0.001	<0.001	1.000

Mean±SE with different superscript in small letter in a row and capital letter in column differ significantly (p<0.05).

T1 = Zinc treated group, T2 = Vitamin E treated group, T3 = Zinc+vitamin E treated group