Table 3.
Milk composition and somatic cell count of Lacaune ewes at peak lactation supplemented with dietary vegetable biocholine.
| Variables1 | Treatments2 |
SEM |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T0 | T5 | T10 | Day | Treatment × day |
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| Protein (%) |
0.48 |
0.44 |
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| day 0 | 3.60 | 3.62 | 3.58 | 0.14 | ||
| day 15 | 3.78 | 3.30 | 3.52 | 0.14 | ||
| day 20 |
3.79 |
3.64 |
3.59 |
0.14 |
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| Fat (%) |
0.56 |
0.42 |
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| day 0 | 4.44 | 4.38 | 4.31 | 0.27 | ||
| day 15 | 4.80 | 4.69 | 4.13 | 0.27 | ||
| day 20 |
4.14 |
4.08 |
4.55 |
0.27 |
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| Lactose (%) |
0.81 |
0.14 |
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| day 0 | 5.26 | 5.37 | 5.27 | 0.21 | ||
| day 15 | 5.57 | 4.84 | 5.17 | 0.21 | ||
| day 20 |
5.16 |
5.32 |
5.23 |
0.21 |
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| Total solids (%) |
0.19 |
0.05 |
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| day 0 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 0.19 | ||
| day 15 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 0.19 | ||
| day 20 |
13.1b |
13.1b |
15.6a |
0.19 |
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| SCC1 (x103/mL) |
0.05 |
<0.0001 |
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| day 0 | 364.1 | 368.0 | 564.7A | 138 | ||
| day 15 | 392.6a | 250.8ab | 108.5Bb | 144 | ||
| day 20 | 436.5a | 209.9ab | 101.1Bb | 151 | ||
a-bEffect of the interaction between treatment versus day (line), the averages followed by different lowercase letters differ from each other (P ≤ 0.05).
A,BDay effect (column), the averages followed by different capital letters differ from each other (P ≤ 0.05).
1
Somatic cell count - SCC.
2
T0, T5 and T10 represents 0, 5 and 10 g of Biocholine Powder®/animal/day.