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. 2020 Jul 31;62(4):565–576. doi: 10.5187/jast.2020.62.4.565

Table 3. Amino acid compositions (%) in the milk of Jersey and Holstein cows at 3 DIM and 30 DIM.

Item Jersey Holstein SEM p-value
3 DIM 30 DIM 3 DIM 30 DIM DIM Breed DIM × Breed
% of the milk sample
 Cysteine 0.097 0.045 0.153 0.043 0.008 < 0.001 0.186 0.167
 Methionine 0.137 0.081 0.142 0.071 0.009 0.001 0.933 0.743
 Asparagine 0.578 0.291 0.766 0.277 0.040 < 0.001 0.391 0.322
 Threonine 0.401 0.185 0.578 0.180 0.031 < 0.001 0.234 0.241
 Serine 0.514 0.237 0.693 0.227 0.038 < 0.001 0.386 0.334
 Glutamine 1.326 0.738 1.584 0.692 0.081 < 0.001 0.609 0.467
 Glycine 0.190 0.081 0.259 0.078 0.015 < 0.001 0.404 0.365
 Alanine 0.273 0.134 0.359 0.122 0.020 < 0.001 0.459 0.338
 Valine 0.433 0.215 0.557 0.193 0.031 < 0.001 0.523 0.370
 Isoleucine 0.304 0.162 0.348 0.144 0.019 < 0.001 0.790 0.523
 Leucine 0.716 0.373 0.892 0.344 0.047 < 0.001 0.537 0.395
 Tyrosine 0.370 0.157 0.463 0.147 0.028 < 0.001 0.543 0.460
 Phenylalanine 0.348 0.187 0.417 0.175 0.022 < 0.001 0.605 0.464
 Lysine 0.562 0.295 0.718 0.276 0.037 < 0.001 0.476 0.363
 Histidine 0.178 0.093 0.231 0.090 0.012 < 0.001 0.426 0.379
 Arginine 0.274 0.123 0.379 0.123 0.022 < 0.001 0.367 0.333
 Proline 0.660 0.370 0.865 0.370 0.045 0.001 0.443 0.335

DIM, days in milk; SEM, standard error of means.