Table 9.
Milk production summary
Daily milk production (kg) | |||||
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Phase of study | Week within phase | Treatmenta | |||
Control | 1× | 3× | 10× | ||
Acclimation | 1 | 17.2 | 15.9 | 17.9 | 15.6 |
2 | 17.0 | 14.8 | 18.0 | 15.0 | |
3 | 15.8 | 14.7 | 17.9 | 15.4 | |
Phase average | 16.4 | 14.8 | 18.0 | 15.2 | |
Dosing | 1 | 15.6 | 14.1 | 18.6 | 15.5 |
2 | 16.4 | 14.2 | 18.6 | 15.5 | |
3 | 16.3 | 13.8 | 18.5 | 15.3 | |
4 | 15.8 | 13.5 | 18.1 | 14.9 | |
Phase average | 16.0 | 13.9 | 18.4 | 15.3 | |
Depuration | 1 | 11.9 | — | — | 16.0 |
2 | 11.0 | — | — | 15.7 | |
Phase average | 11.5 | — | — | 16.0 |
aTreatments correspond to target NBPT doses as follows: Control = 0 mg NBPT per kg BW; 1× = 1 mg NBPT per kg BW; 3× = 3 mg NBPT per kg BW; 10× = 10 mg NBPT per kg BW. Target dose values calculated based on the average BW of the dose group from the previously completed week.