Skip to main content
. 2016 Mar 16;11(3):e0151215. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151215

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
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.