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. 2021 Apr 12;7(4):e06732. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06732

Table 2.

Feed intake, total milk production (day 16–20), productive efficiency, and feed conversion of Lacaune ewes at peak lactation supplemented with dietary vegetable biocholine.

Variables T0 T5 T10 SEM p-value
Milk production (L)
 Sum of day 16–20 10.5b 10.3b 12.2a 0.11 0.01
 Mean of day 16–20
2.11b
2.06b
2.44a
0.09
0.01
Feed conversion
DM intake/Milk yield 0.93a 1.02a 0.78c 0.10 0.01

Note 1: a-b Effects of treatment (line), means without a common superscript differ (P ≤ 0.05).

Note 2: T0, T5 and T10 represents 0, 5 and 10 g of Biocholine Powder®/animal/day.

Note 3: Feed intake by group (silage + concentrate) between at day 16–20: 87.2 % of DM (T0), 93.3% of DM (T5), and 84.2% of DM.