Table 3.
Effect of NCG on milk quality from experimental Jersey cattle.
| Items | Treatmentsa | SEMb | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | NCG | |||
| Somatic cell count (×1,000 cells/ml) | 4,293 | 3,177 | 516 | 0.30 |
| Milk fat (%) | 2.26 | 4.18 | 0.56 | 0.09 |
| Milk protein (%) | 6.47 | 5.09 | 0.38 | 0.07 |
| Lactose (%) | 1.26 | 1.10 | 0.22 | 0.74 |
| Dry matter (%) | 10.29 | 11.78 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| Dry matter without fat (%) | 8.41 | 7.65 | 0.30 | 0.24 |
a
CON, CON group, N = 6, basal diet without supplementation of N-carbamylglutamate; NCG, N = 8, treatment that added 20 (g/d/head) N-carbamylglutamate.
b
SEM was standard error of means.