Table 3.

Production performance and biomarkers of energy balance in healthy cows and cows with fatty liver

Item	Fatty liver, n = 6		Healthy, n = 6		P-value
	Median	Interquartile range	Median	Interquartile range
BW, kg	655	635.5, 675.5	644	628, 663.5	0.0223
Milk production, kg/day	37.2	30, 48	34.8	30, 44	0.467
DMI, kg/d	17.5	14.5, 21.3	18.2	16.2, 22.3	0.59
Milk production/DMI	2.13	1.90, 3.37	1.92	1.83, 1.98	0.0043
Serum glucose, mM	2.23	1.99, 2.54	3.22	2.72, 3.72	0.00066
Nonesterified fatty acids, mM	1.11	0.78, 1.55	0.41	0.19, 0.56	0.00075