Table 5. Milk haptoglobin, β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), and glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) on days 1, 3, and 5–12 of lactation for control cows and cows receiving S. baicalensis extract (SBE) for either 5 d (SBE5) or 60 d (SBE60) after calving.

Values are LS means ± pooled SEM, n = 39–42.

	Control	SBE5	SBE60	SEM	Trt	DIM	Trt×DIM
Haptoglobin, μg/mL					0.97	< 0.001	0.45
Day 1	4.98	3.54	5.47	1.04
Day 3	1.53	1.70	1.44	0.35
Day 5–12	0.59	0.69	0.50	0.13
BHB, μM					0.89	< 0.001	0.47
Day 1	264.0	265.3	249.4	23.6
Day 3	639.7	609.7	632.2	22.6
Day 5–12	729.1	746.7	717.8	18.6
G6P, μM					0.91	< 0.001	0.80
Day 1	914.6	884.9	889.5	56.6
Day 3	336.1	362.7	348.8	22.5
Day 5–12	279.8	286.4	300.6	18.5
G6P, % of glucose					0.38	< 0.001	0.28
Day 3	78.3	78.3	85.5	0.03
Day 5–12	64.1	63.6	64.3	0.03