Solvent-extracted soybean meal top-dressed on a fresh cow diet increased milk production, but not milk components, and decreased plasma non-esterified fatty acids
Post-ruminally infused casein has increased milk and milk protein yield in post-partum cows.We theorised top dressing (TD) higher amounts of soybean meal (SBM) might mimic these effects.Fifty-one multiparous Holstein cows 1 day after calving were assigned to 3 dietary treatments: a base total mixed ration (CON) with 196 g/kg crude protein and 329 g