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.