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. 2022 Nov 7;101:skac370. doi: 10.1093/jas/skac370

Table 7.

Daily milk production and composition of Murciano-Granadina goats (n = 10) during late-lactation according to the type of diet

Diet2
Item1 CON POS SEM P-value
Milk yield, kg/d 2.09 2.49 0.061 <0.001
FCM (4%), kg/d 2.72 3.20 0.059 <0.001
Feed efficiency
Milk yield/DMI 1.06 1.26 0.024 0.001
FCM/DMI 1.38 1.61 0.031 0.001
Chemical composition, %
Total solids 15.2 15.0 0.10 0.322
Fat 6.1 6.0 0.09 0.527
Total protein 3.6 3.6 0.02 0.789
True protein 3.3 3.4 0.02 0.048
Lactose 4.5 4.7 0.03 0.001
nonfat dry extract 9.1 9.0 0.03 0.127
Cheese extract 9.4 9.4 0.10 0.183
Urea, mM/L 16.6 12.3 0.16 0.001
N–NH3, mg/L 8.8 6.6 0.50 0.014

1DMI, dry matter intake; Cheese extract, milk fat + milk protein.

2CON, control; POS, postbiotic.