Table 2.
Least squares means of energy balance (EB) and energy balance as a percentage of requirements (EB % Req) in transition cows with high (HI; BCS ≥ 3.75) or low (LO; BCS ≤ 3.25) body condition score prepartum and postpartum. This data only represents the subset of cows used for adipose gene expression
| BCS1 | SEM2 | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HI | LO | BCS | Time | BCS × Time | ||
| Prepartum | ||||||
| EB | 1.89 | 2.16 | 1.08 | 0.86 | - | - |
| EB % Req | 112.35 | 115.62 | 7.13 | 0.75 | - | - |
| Postpartum | ||||||
| EB | −11.87a | −5.52b | 2.00 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.14 |
| EB % Req | 70.85a | 86.20b | 4.74 | 0.03 | <0.01 | 0.30 |
a,bStatistical difference (P < 0.05) among time points within the same group
1Body condition score
2Largest standard error of the mean