Table 4.
Individual dry matter intake (kg/d) during the experiment, and parity and days in milk (DIM) of the dairy cows at the start of the experiment (day −7 relative to the first day of offering the seaweed mix containing A. taxiformis).
| Treatments | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Medium | High | ||||||||||
| Cow | L1 | L2 | L3 | L4 | L5 | L6 | L7 | L8 | M1 | M2 | H1 | H2 |
| Parity | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| DIM | 281 | 577 | 538 | 326 | 344 | 521 | 159 | 126 | 280 | 348 | 281 | 282 |
| Day | ||||||||||||
| −7 | 1 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 8.4 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 11.3 |
| −6 | 1 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 19.2 | 15.8 | 18.1 | 16.2 | 13.1 | 20.5 | 18.6 | 17.7 | 15.4 |
| −5 | 1 | 13.2 | 16.2 | 18.2 | 14.5 | 17.8 | 15.3 | 10.1 | 19.2 | 18.1 | 15.3 | 14.6 |
| −4 | 1 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 19.6 | 17.9 | 11.4 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 16.0 |
| −3 | 1 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 15.3 | 18.5 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 17.8 | 17.0 | 15.3 | 14.4 |
| −2 | 18.0 | 14.2 | 15.5 | 18.0 | 13.4 | 19.8 | 16.6 | 14.3 | 17.4 | 18.4 | 15.3 | 16.6 |
| −1 | 17.2 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 17.7 | 8.9 | 18.2 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 18.4 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 13.8 |
| 1 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 9.3 | 19.8 | 15.7 | 14.7 | 15.9 | 17.6 | 10.3 | 5.4 |
| 2 | 17.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 16.3 | 13.8 | 20.1 | 15.0 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 15.9 | 15.2 | 6.6 |
| 3 | 14.6 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 16.1 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 16.1 | 14.3 | 11.3 |
| 4 | 18.5 | 15.4 | 16.3 | 13.2 | 14.5 | 20.7 | 13.8 | 11.5 | 15.9 | 19.0 | 16.5 | 14.0 |
| 5 | 15.5 | 16.3 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 9.9 | 19.3 | 11.4 | 12.8 | 15.8 | 17.6 | 17.5 | 15.4 |
| 6 | 20.3 | 15.7 | 14.0 | 16.7 | 17.7 | 22.0 | 9.5 | 13.2 | 16.1 | 20.0 | 15.5 | 18.5 |
| 7 2 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| 8 2 | 14.7 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 4.0 | 9.8 | 14.8 | 4.9 | 14.3 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.2 |
| 9 2 | 14.3 | 7.0 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 13.8 | 19.5 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 5.3 |
| 10 2 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 19.6 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
| 11 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 14.9 | 12.0 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 8.8 | 14.9 | 8.9 | 11.4 |
| 12 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 5.6 | 14.8 | 13.4 | 9.9 |
| 13 | 4.7 | 14.6 | 14.0 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 9.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 3 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 4 |
| 14 | 17.4 | 18.8 | 18.7 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 19.3 | 17.8 | 18.5 | 3 | 19.7 | 18.1 | 11.2 |
| 15 | 17.1 | 16.2 | 17.4 | 18.8 | 17.6 | 19.6 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3 | 16.9 | 16.6 | 13.0 |
| 16 | 23.9 | 17.2 | 17.7 | 24.1 | 18.0 | 27.8 | 23.0 | 21.9 | 3 | 19.7 | 16.7 | 22.4 |
| 17 | 19.8 | 16.3 | 19.3 | 21.9 | 20.4 | 20.5 | 18.7 | 22.1 | 3 | 20.2 | 17.0 | 17.5 |
| 18 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 20.7 | 16.1 | 21.0 | 15.8 | 16.2 | 3 | 20.6 | 15.7 | 17.6 |
| 19 | 19.3 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 19.6 | 19.4 | 24.7 | 16.6 | 19.2 | 3 | 19.1 | 18.7 | 16.7 |
1 No data available due to the entrance of the animal into experiment on day −3. 2 Animals were fed restrictedly on these days. 3 No data available due to euthanasia of the animal. 4 No data available due to no registration of feed intake.