Table 5. In vivo milk production performance of dairy cows fed with reductive acetogens.

Items		Control	GA031)	SEM	p-value
Feed intake (kg/d)2)		19.18	20.27	0.450	0.110
Milk yield (kg/d)	0 day	30.90	26.37	0.620	0.001
	60 days	25.83	23.97	0.396	0.008
	Differences3)	−5.07	−2.40	0.306	<.0001
Milk fat (%)	0 day	3.83	3.69	0.043	0.043
	60 days	3.59	3.58	0.029	0.849
	Differences	−0.24	−0.11	0.025	0.003
Milk protein (%)	0 day	3.41	3.28	0.029	0.023
	60 days	3.14	3.32	0.023	<.0001
	Differences	−0.27	0.04	0.030	<.0001
SSC (×103/mL)	0 day	138.14	128.43	2.110	0.007
	60 days	395.71	107.00	16.750	<.0001
	Differences	257.57	−21.43	17.705	<.0001

¹⁾Group treated with reductive acetogenic bacteria.

²⁾Dry matter basis.

³⁾The minus (–) symbol indicates reduction.

SEM, standard error of the means; SSC, somatic cell count.