Table 6.
Milk production and composition of dairy cows at several days (relative to the first day of offering the seaweed mix containing A. taxiformis) during the experimental period.
| Treatments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Low | Medium 1 | High | |
| Yield (gram/day) | ||||
| Fat | 1 | 806 | 788 | 771 |
| 8 | 746 | 752 | 730 | |
| 15 | 733 | 595 | 485 | |
| Protein | 1 | 652 | 695 | 650 |
| 8 | 608 | 521 | 493 | |
| 15 | 595 | 436 | 385 | |
| Lactose | 1 | 738 | 751 | 838 |
| 8 | 671 | 504 | 564 | |
| 15 | 677 | 379 | 474 | |
| Milk composition (%) | ||||
| Fat | 1 | 4.91 | 4.69 | 4.28 |
| 8 | 4.94 | 6.12 | 5.64 | |
| 15 | 4.84 | 6.01 | 4.57 | |
| Protein | 1 | 3.97 | 4.14 | 3.61 |
| 8 | 4.02 | 4.23 | 3.81 | |
| 15 | 3.93 | 4.40 | 3.63 | |
| Lactose | 1 | 4.49 | 4.47 | 4.65 |
| 8 | 4.45 | 4.10 | 4.35 | |
| 15 | 4.47 | 3.83 | 4.47 | |
| Urea (mg/dL) | 1 | 17.6 | 18.5 | 19.6 |
| 8 | 23.1 | 22.9 | 23.0 | |
| 15 | 14.2 | 13.3 | 14.6 | |
| SCC (cells/mL) | 1 | 56,709 | 64,841 | 36,325 |
| 8 | 66,923 | 276,219 | 50,757 | |
| 15 | 65,742 | 170,338 | 63,600 | |
SCC = Somatic cell count. 1 All values on day 15 for the medium treatment group are only based on cow J.