Table 2.
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.