Table A1.

Nitrogen balance of cows from the control and linseed treatment groups determined individually in the tied-housing phase (six cows per treatment; means ± standard deviation).

Item	Control	Linseed	p-Value
N balance (g·day–1)
Intake	526 ± 49	552 ± 59	0.419
Feces	176 ± 26	167 ± 26	0.561
Urine	167 ± 67	214 ± 68	0.250
Milk	125 ± 33	156 ± 53	0.246
Body	58 ± 66	15 ± 59	0.255
N balance (g·kg−1)
Feces	334 ± 29	303 ± 45	0.187
Urine	312 ± 97	383 ± 89	0.211
Milk	235 ± 45	277 ± 65	0.222
Body	119 ± 122	36 ± 105	0.234
N utilization
Apparent N digestibility (%)	64.6 ± 11.2	68.7 ± 7.2	0.468
N intake (g·kg−1 ECM1)	20.5 ± 4.1	19.1 ± 4.0	0.551
Feces N (g·kg−1 ECM)	6.9 ± 1.9	5.8 ± 1.5	0.266
Manure N traits
Manure N (g·kg−1 of N intake)	250 ± 16	232 ± 26	0.174
Urinary N (g·kg−1 of manure N)	473 ± 73	554 ± 78	0.094

¹ Energy-corrected milk.