Dietary effects of lutein-fortified chlorella on milk components of Holstein cows

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Table 3 Dietary effects of conventional or lutein fortified chlorella powder on yield and components of milks in dairy cows

Items	Control	T1	T2	Pooled SEM	P value
Feed intake (kg/head/day) (on DM basis)	22.8	23.1	23.0	0.58	0.630
Milk yield (kg/head/day)	29.6	30.6	29.6	0.91	0.600
Milk components (g/kg)
Fat	48.9	49.8	53.3	1.70	0.170
Protein	32.9^c	34.6^b	36.3^a	0.60	0.001
Lactose	45.3	46.3	46.3	0.40	0.100
SNF	82.8^b	85.4^a	87.3^a	0.70	0.001
SCC (cell/mL)	207,666	65,656	68,239	63,985	0.200

Control, basal diet; T1, basal diet + conventional chlorella powder; T2, basal diet + lutein-fortified chlorella Powder
SNF solid non-fat, SCC somatic cell count
^a–c Mean values with different superscripts within the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05)