Table 4.
Parameter | Measure Unit | Housing | Grazing | SEM 1 | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milk | kg/day | 25.6 | 25.5 | 1.47 | 0.9615 |
Fat | % | 3.94 | 4.15 | 0.141 | 0.0419 |
Protein | % | 3.59 | 3.49 | 0.127 | 0.5724 |
Casein | % | 2.79 | 2.73 | 0.101 | 0.7059 |
Urea | mg/dL | 36.1 | 29.5 | 0.706 | 0.0153 |
Lactose | % | 4.96 | 4.97 | 0.069 | 0.9076 |
Somatic cells | log10 n/mL | 5.13 | 4.89 | 0.127 | 0.0424 |
Total bacterial count | log10 n/mL | 6.24 | 5.95 | 0.140 | 0.0335 |
1 SEM = standard error of mean.