Figure 1.

Milk composition 4–10 wk of lactation from ewes that either received no supplement (negative control; CON−), a pelleted supplement only (positive control; CON+), CON+ with a seaweed extract (seaweed only; SWO), or CON+ with a seaweed plus terrestrial plant extract (seaweed plus; SWP) from late gestation to weaning. Superscripts within each panel within each week after lambing indicates significance (P ≤ 0.05) for the orthogonal contrasts: ^aSWO versus SWP, ^beffect of extract (CON+ compared with SWO and SWP), and ^ceffect of supplement (CON− compared with CON+, SWO, and SWP). Somatic cell count is in 1 × 10³/mL of milk and the flat line in the SCC panel is at the suggested threshold for subclinical mastitis (400 × 10³ SCC/mL).