Table 3. Weekly total pellet offered, milk yield, and milking frequency for cows fed control or S. baicalensis extract for either 5 d (SBE5) or 60 d (SBE60) following calving.

Data were analyzed by treatment period (1–63 DIM) and carryover period (64–301 DIM). Values are LS means ± pooled SEM, n = 39–42.

	Control	SBE5	SBE60	SEM	P-values
					Con v. SBE5	Con v. SBE60
Total pellet offered, kg/d
d 1–63	5.25	5.30	5.66	0.14	0.77	< 0.01
d 64–301	4.97	5.18	5.28	0.15	0.13	0.02
Milk yield, kg/d
d 1–63	42.46	44.95	47.19	2.01	0.35	0.07
d 64–301	35.39	36.23	40.02	1.91	0.73	0.04
Milking frequency, d-1
d 1–63	3.24	3.34	3.48	0.21	0.60	0.19
d 64–301	2.56	2.67	2.84	0.18	0.48	0.04
Milk per visit, kg
d 1–63	13.88	14.13	14.12	0.75	0.70	0.75
d 64–301	14.05	13.89	14.07	0.63	0.92	0.99