Table 4.
Groups | HC Dosage (% DM) | Milk Yield (kg/d) | Milk Protein (%) | Milk Fat (%) | Milk Urea (mmol/l) | Protein Efficiency 1 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | 0 | 25.2 | 3.63 | 4.31 | 2.7 | 0.29 |
HC14 | 14.3 | 28.7 | 3.61 | 4.21 | 3.7 | 0.26 |
HC23 | 22.3 | 26.8 | 3.49 | 4.07 | 4.4 | 0.22 |
HC32 | 31.8 | 26.8 | 3.40 | 3.89 | 5.1 | 0.22 |
p-value 2 | 0.022 | 0.028 | n.s. | <0.001 | 0.009 |
1 Milk protein yield/crude protein intake, 2 n.s. = not significant.