3.1. Dry matter intake, change in body weight and P intake
Dry matter intake pre-partum (week 4 to 2) was
not affected by treatment or week and the actual mean
DMI was 107 0.1 kg/d. In early lactation (week 2 to 12)
DMI was affected by treatment (P ¼ 0.02; Table 3), whereas
in late lactation DMI was not affected by treatment (week
24 to 36; Table 4). Fig. 1 shows weekly DMI for each