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Table 4.

Least square means values for studied variables across the different levels of the number of kids factor.

Variables		Number of Kids		Overall, Mean
Variables	Single	Twin	Triplets	Overall, Mean
Total milk production, kg	265.1 ^c ± 2.7	306.1 ^b ± 2.9	338.9 ^a ± 8.4	303.37 ± 4.67
Mean dairy milk production, kg/day	1.34 ^c ± 0.01	1.51 ^b ± 0.01	1.62 ^a ± 0.03	1.49 ± 0.02
Mean lactation length, days	195.9 ^c ± 1.1	199.8 ^b ± 1.2	206.5 ^a ± 3.4	200.73 ± 1.9
Total protein production, kg	9.43 ^c ± 0.1	10.85 ^b ± 0.1	12.20 ^a ± 0.3	10.83 ± 0.17
Total fat production, kg	13.64 ^c ± 0.2	15.79 ^b ± 0.2	17.96 ^a ± 0.5	15.8 ± 0.3
Protein, %	3.56 ^a ± 0.01	3.55 ^a ± 0.01	3.53 ^a ± 0.02	3.55 ± 0.01
Fat, %	5.17 ^a ± 0.02	5.17 ^a ± 0.02	5.19 ^a ± 0.05	5.18 ± 0.03

^a–c The same superindex letter is indicative of the lack of significant differences in the least-square means for the levels sharing the same initial.