Table 2.

Daily milk production and feed intakes in cows fed once per day or in four equal meals every 6 h when milked every 6 h.

Parameter	Treatment1		SEM	P‐values2
	1× Fed	4× Fed		Trt	Time	Trt × Time
Milk Yield, kg	47.3	47.1	1.5	0.64	<0.001	0.05
Fat, %	3.09	3.35	0.15	<0.001	<0.001	<0.05
Fat Yield, g/day	1465	1592	90	<0.001	<0.01	0.05
Protein, %	2.96	2.90	0.03	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Protein Yield, g/day	1389	1360	45	0.06	<0.01	<0.05
DMI, kg	28.2	30.4	1.0	<0.01	‐	‐

¹LS means for the treatment of cows fed once a day (1× Fed) or in four equal meals every 6 h (4× Fed). n = 17 per treatment.

²Main effect of treatment (trt) and milking time (time) and the interaction of treatment and milking time.