Table 4. Effect of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae supplementation on the dry matter intake, milk production and composition in dairy cows that were fed different TMRs during heat stress
Items | TMR-1 | TMR-2 | SEM | p-value |
Control | T1 | T2 | T3 | Treat | TMR | Treat × TMR |
DMI (kg/d) | 18.69b | 21.13a | 18.71b | 21.67a | 0.20 | < 0.001 | 0.354 | 0.401 |
BW gain (kg) | −9.42 | −0.08 | 2.42 | −11.25 | 4.07 | 0.798 | 0.969 | 0.184 |
Milk yield (kg/d) | 28.85 | 29.89 | 28.30 | 29.85 | 0.43 | 0.095 | 0.215 | 0.286 |
Fat (%) | 3.54 | 3.69 | 3.56 | 3.70 | 0.07 | 0.308 | 0.887 | 0.991 |
Protein (%) | 3.06 | 3.02 | 2.99 | 3.08 | 0.03 | 0.720 | 0.799 | 0.310 |
Lactose (%) | 4.74 | 4.70 | 4.76 | 4.75 | 0.02 | 0.549 | 0.443 | 0.623 |
Total solids (%) | 11.14b | 12.16a | 10.88b | 12.29a | 0.16 | < 0.001 | 0.742 | 0.513 |
SCC (×103/mL) | 202.0a | 114.3b | 237.8a | 99.8b | 81.73 | 0.002 | 0.476 | 0.875 |
MUN (mg/dL) | 14.48a | 7.25b | 14.12a | 6.85b | 0.42 | < 0.001 | 0.415 | 0.966 |
Treat, supplementation or not with S. cerevisiae culture fluid (5 mL/head, 2×107 CFU/mL).
Denotes comparison made within rows (p < 0.05).
TMR, total mixed ration; DMI, dry matter intake; BW, body weight; SCC, somatic cell count; MUN ,milk urea nitrogen.