Table 7.
Diet2 | ||||
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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.