Bacell-MT in the diet of dry cows

 Group

 Number of animals
in a group, capita

 Duration of the experiment, days

 Feeding characteristics

 Control

 20

 90

 Basic diet (BD)

 Experimental 1

 20

 90, including:

 BD + Feed additive (FA) "Bacell-­MT"

60 g/capita

 60 (before calving)

 30 (clinical observations)

 Basic diet (BD)

 Experimental 2

 20

 90, including:

 BD + FA "Bacell-­MT"

100 g/capita

 60 (before calving)

 30 (clinical observations)

 Basic diet (BD)

 Number during the experiment, capita

 20

 20

 20

 Number at the end of the experiment, capita

 17

 20

 20

 Culling, capita within 30 days after calving due to:

 3

 1

 –

 ketosis

 1

 1

 –

liver diseases (hepatosis, cirrhosis, fatty liver disease)

 1

 –

 –

abomasum displacement

 1

 –

 –

Culling, %

 15

 5

 –

Survivability, %

 85

 95

 100

 Indicators

 Group

 Control

 Experimental 1

 Experimental 2

Average daily milk yield on day 30 of lactation, kg/day

 25.2 ± 1.2

 27.5 ± 0.4

 28.6 ± 0.5

Fat, %

 3.82 ± 0.1

 4.11 ± 0.1

 4.20 ± 0.1

Protein, %

 3.32 ± 0.1

 3.61 ± 0.1

 3.83 ± 0.1

Somatic cell count, thousand/cm³

 400 ± 0.2

 240 ± 0.1

 200 ± 0.3

 ALT, U/L

 45.00 ± 1.17

 27.00 ± 0.47

 24.00 ± 0.71

 5…40

 AST, U/L

 53.30  ±  6.20

 35.50 ± 1.40

 30.70 ± 2.40

 10…50

 ALP, U/L

 115.00  ±  0.17

 107.00 ± 0.14

 104.00 ± 0.13

 42…200

 Cholesterol, mmol/L

 3.15 ±  0.04

 2.75 ± 0.03

 1.90 ± 0.05

 1.3…4.4

 Glucose, mmol/L

 2.72 ± 0.32

 2.50 ± 0.14

 2.50 ± 0.35

 2.2…3.3

 Albumin, g/L

 40.40 ± 1.51

 31.11 ± 1.40

 30.15 ± 1.1

 27.5…39.4

 Total protein, g/L

 90.03 ± 1.41

 81.17 ± 2.10

 82.12 ± 1.17

 72…86

 Calcium, mmol/L

 2.20 ± 0.04

 2.60 ± 0.04

 2.70 ± 0.02

 2.5…3.1

 Phosphorus, mmol/L

 1,15 ± 0.20

 1.15 ± 0.11

 1.15 ± 0.12

 1.14…1.29

 Creatinine, μmol/L

 87.00 ± 1.18

 80.00 ± 2.40

 80.00 ± 3.14

 39.8…120.0

 Urea, mmol/L

 2,91 ± 0.27

 4.82 ± 0.25

 4.72 ± 0.21

 3.3…6.7

 Triglycerides, mmol/L

 0.44 ± 0.03

 0.31 ± 0.01

 0.31 ± 0.01

 0.22…0.60