Table 1 Milk yield and composition of lactating cows fed diets based on different forage sources
From: Hepatic transcriptome perturbations in dairy cows fed different forage resources
Items | Treatments | SEM | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MF | CS | |||
DMI, kg/d | 21.4 | 17.4 | 0.14 | < 0.01 |
Milk yield, kg/d | 30.5 | 23.1 | 0.90 | < 0.01 |
Protein, % | 3.66 | 3.32 | 0.07 | < 0.01 |
Protein yield, kg/d | 1.11 | 0.77 | 0.03 | < 0.01 |
Fat, % | 4.46 | 4.38 | 0.13 | 0.65 |
Fat yield, kg/d | 1.34 | 1.02 | 0.03 | < 0.01 |
Lactose, % | 4.86 | 4.80 | 0.03 | 0.09 |
Lactose yield, kg/d | 1.47 | 1.13 | 0.04 | < 0.01 |
Efficiencya, % | 1.47 | 1.32 | 0.04 | < 0.01 |