Table 2. Concentrate intake, body weight (BW), BW changes, body condition score and back fat thickness of cows receiving plant bioactive lipid compounds and biotin (PBLC+B; n = 18) from d -21 to 37 relative to parturition, cows receiving a monensin bolus (MON; n = 18) at d -21 or cows receiving no such supplements (CON; n = 17).

Item	Group1			SEM	P-values
	CON	PBLC+B	MON		Group	Day	Group × day
Phase 1
Body condition score	3.56	3.74	3.63	0.141	0.41	<0.001	0.15
Back fat thickness, cm	2.86	3.33	3.21	0.268	0.37	0.34	0.23
Phase 2
Concentrate intake, kg/d2	5.01	4.98	4.85	0.344	0.90	<0.001	0.003
Body condition score	2.89	3.09	2.99	0.100	0.26	<0.001	0.88
Back fat thickness, cm	1.96	2.50	2.27	0.197	0.099	<0.001	0.80
BW, kg	685b	746a	723ab	22.8	0.049	<0.001	0.39
BW change, kg	-45	-19	-46	14.0	0.089	<0.001	0.48
Phase 3
Concentrate intake, kg/d	6.94	6.77	7.14	0.381	0.70	0.041	0.13
Body condition score	2.42	2.64	2.58	0.091	0.17	<0.001	0.73
Back fat thickness, cm	1.18b	1.65a	1.51ab	0.145	0.048	<0.001	0.81
BW, kg	663b	750a	689ab	24.6	<0.001	0.57	0.67
BW change, kg	-72b	-19a	-65b	14.9	0.002	<0.001	0.92

Phase 1: from d -21 to d -1 relative to parturition; Phase 2: from d 1 to d 37 relative to parturition; Phase 3: from d 38 to d 58 relative to parturition. SEM = standard error of mean (for group × day).

¹Least square mean values of the groups are reported.

²For concentrate intake, diet effect was not significant at any individual day.

^abSuperscript letters indicate differences among treatment groups at P < 0.05.