Table 2. Least squares means of nutrient digestibility for high (n = 32) and medium (n = 32) producing dairy cows receiving either calcium salts of fatty acids (Ca-FA) or high-palmitic acid (PA) during a heat stress period
Item | High production | Medium production | SEM | p-value |
PA | Ca-FA | PA | Ca-FA | PL | FS | PL × FS |
DM | 69.83 | 72.77 | 68.61 | 72.07 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 0.04 | 0.84 |
OM | 72.32 | 73.67 | 71.72 | 73.33 | 1.31 | 0.47 | 0.05 | 0.85 |
CP | 66.60 | 70.14 | 67.50 | 68.07 | 1.44 | 0.77 | 0.37 | 0.50 |
NDF | 54.87 | 60.63 | 53.28 | 60.48 | 1.88 | 0.75 | 0.04 | 0.80 |
ADF | 48.21 | 50.64 | 44.73 | 50.79 | 1.70 | 0.48 | 0.12 | 0.46 |
Fat | 75.15 | 77.58 | 72.15 | 75.41 | 2.19 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.92 |
PL, production level; FS, fat source; PL × FS, interaction between production level and fat source; DM, dry matter; OM, organic matter; CP, crude protein; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber.