Table 7. Daily milk production and composition of Murciano-Granadina goats (n = 12) during midlactation by type of diet and period.
Diet1 | Period2 | P-Value | |||||||
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Item | BRL | OP | SH | 1 | 2 | SEM3 | Diet | Period | Diet x Period |
Milk yield, kg/goat/day | 2.29 | 2.01 | 2.17 | 2.38a | 1.93b | 0.081 | 0.247 | 0.004 | 0.612 |
Composition, % | |||||||||
DM4 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.5b | 16.0a | 0.28 | 0.296 | 0.010 | 0.553 |
Fat | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 0.21 | 0.073 | 0.121 | 0.602 |
Protein | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.3b | 4.2a | 0.13 | 0.544 | 0.001 | 0.226 |
Lactose | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 0.05 | 0.613 | 0.906 | 0.220 |
a,bMeans within a row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05).
1BRL = barley; OP = orange pulp; SH = soybean hulls.
21 = first period; 2 = second period.
3SEM = standard error of the mean.
4DM = dry matter.